Zoppola
Zoppola is a comune in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about east of Pordenone.
The Italian poet Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote a poem called Le gioie di Orcenico ; he had lived in Casarsa della Delizia, not far from Zoppola's frazione of Orcenico, from 1943 to 1949.
Main sights
- Castello di Zoppola, owned by the patriarch of Aquileia and Cardinal Antonio Panciera. The inner court has frescoes by Pomponio Amalteo
- San Martino church
- San Michele, church in the frazione of Ovoledo, with 16th-century frescoes and paintings
- Sant'Andrea church at Castions, with two canvases by Amalteo and one by Antonio Carneo
International relations
- Tonneins, France, since 1981
- Sankt Georgen am Längsee, Austria, since 1996
People
- Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini