Valvasone Arzene

Everything in Valvasone was laid out around its castle, which guarded the Tagliamento crossing for the Patriarchs of Aquileia from the 13th century. Enlarged in the 1350s, the town became one of the finest pieces of medieval planning in western Friuli, and though its walls came down in the 19th century the old layout survives. Since 2015 it has shared a municipality with neighbouring Arzene.

Highlights

• Valvasone Castle, declared a national monument
• The Duomo of the Santissimo Corpo di Cristo, built from 1449
• The chained she-devil fresco in San Lorenzo, linked to the 1348 plague
• Medioevo a Valvasone, a historical pageant in September
• Zir dai Arboras: Epiphany bonfires with spiced wine and cakes on 5 January

Summary based on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.