What to see in Vito d’Asio
Villages, Churches, Historical buildings and sites, Fountains, Museums and Nature
The Castle of Count Ceconi
Giacomo Ceconi, born in Pielungo in 1833, emigrated in search of fortune as a young man. He became a railway builder, building the viaduct of
The Friulian Woman Monument
In 2016, the Monument to the Friulian Woman, La Mari dal Friûl (The Mother of Friuli), was inaugurated with a mosaic, dedicated to the one
The Agane House
Between Anduins and Vito d’Asio, at 473 metres above sea level, on the right bank of the Rio Barquet, there is a cave known as
The Regina Margherita road
At the end of the 19th century, the only road of any importance went as far as Casiacco, while the rest of the road network
The Church of San Michele Arcangelo
Situated in Vito d’Asio, on a terrace overlooking the Arzino Valley, the parish church of San Michele Arcangelo was first mentioned in the fifteenth century.
The Church of Our Lady of the Snows
This small religious building was built in the mountains by the inhabitants of Anduins, after the Second World War, to fulfil the vow they made
The Arzino between pools and waterfalls
The Arzino stream is one of the last Alpine watercourses to retain a high degree of naturalness. Its 28 km are almost entirely included in
The Regional Forest of Conte Ceconi
Among the properties of Count Giacomo Ceconi there was also a forest. His heirs donated it to the Ente friulano di Economia Montana in 1940
What to see "near" Vito d'Asio
The Church of San Martino
The first written reference to an oratory dedicated to St Martin in Pinzano al Tagliamento dates back to 1294 and
The Hill and the remains of the Castle
In the same place where there were ancient settlements, from which it is possible to dominate the plain, a castrum was built surrounded by a wall, with a defensive function, considered impregnable.
Cigolotti Palaces
Between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, some splendid villas were built in the territory of Montereale Valcellina. The Lords Cigolotti,
Pellegrin’s roiello
Running water was brought to San Leonardo Valcellina in 1837 thanks to the intuition of a local farmer, Giovanni Antonio Dell’Angelo, known as Pellegrin. Before that there was the “lagoon”, a stagnant and unhealthy pool, fed by the rains, in the centre of the square.
Church of St James
Located at the most panoramic point of Clauzetto, the Church of San Giacomo, built between the 13th and 14th centuries,
Malnisio power station
The Malnisio power station, an extraordinary example of industrial architecture of the last century, was completed in 1905: at the
The Municipal Park and the Dominu Tower
To the rear of the Town Hall is the Dominu Park, where the remains of a pre-Roman necropolis of incineration were found, with some twenty burials arranged in three parallel rows.
