Pontebba ( fur, Ponteibe, german: Pontafel, sl, Tablja) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (man), it, Friulana (woman), it, Giuliano (man), it, Giuliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_t ...

Geography

Pontebba, named after it, ponte meaning "bridge", is situated at the confluence of the Pontebbana creek and the Fella River, itself a tributary of the

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. It is located about northwest of

Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...

and about north of

Udine Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with t ...

, near the border with

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. As of 31 October 2020, Pontebba had a population of 1,344 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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. The municipality contains the ''

frazioni A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Aupa, Loc. Casali Costa, Loc. Casali Graben, Loc. Frattis, Loc. Gamischen, Passo Pramollo, Loc. Piani, Pietratagliata, Lagleise San Leopoldo, Studena Alta, Studena Bassa Pontebba borders the following municipalities:

Dogna Dogna ( sl, Dunja; fur, Dogne) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about north of Udine. , it had a population of 235 and an area of .All ...

in the south,

Hermagor-Pressegger See Hermagor-Pressegger See ( sl, Šmohor-Preseško jezero) is a town in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the administrative centre of the Hermagor District.The town is named after Saint Hermagoras of Aquileia, the first bishop of Aquileia. Geo ...

(Austria) in the north,

Malborghetto Valbruna Malborghetto Valbruna ( fur, Malborghet-Valbrune, sl, Naborjet-Ovčja ves; german: Malborgeth-Wolfsbach) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Geography Malborghetto-Valbruna is located about nort ...

in the east and

Moggio Udinese Moggio Udinese ( fur, Mueç, german: Mosach or , sl, Možac or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is situated in the Friuli region, in the valley of the Fella River, a righ ...

in the west.

History

From the early 10th century onward, Pontebbana Creek formed the border between the

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, the former Lombard

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to the south, and the Bavarian

March of Carinthia The March of Carinthia was a frontier district (march) of the Carolingian Empire created in 889. Before it was a march, it had been a principality or duchy ruled by native-born Slavic (or semi-Slavic) princes at first independently and then un ...

to the north. After the 1420 conquest of the

Patriarchate of Aquileia The Patriarchate of Aquileia was an episcopal see in northeastern Italy, centred on the ancient city of Aquileia situated at the head of the Adriatic, on what is now the Italian seacoast. For many centuries it played an important part in histor ...

, the settlement of Pontebba south of the creek belonged to the ''

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'' of

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. The corresponding settlement of ''Pontafel'' north of the bridge belonged to the

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Canal Valley, an exclave held by the

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Prince-Bishopric of

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, which was incorporated into the

Inner Austria Inner Austria (german: Innerösterreich; sl, Notranja Avstrija; it, Austria Interiore) was a term used from the late 14th to the early 17th century for the Habsburg hereditary lands south of the Semmering Pass, referring to the Imperial duchies ...

n territories of the

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dynasty in 1759. It was only in 1874 that the

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came to Pontafel. The opening of a k.k. State telegraph station with "limited daily services" took place at the same time as in other smaller places of the monarchy. After

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according to the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the border of the

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with the

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was shifted up the Canal Valley north to the town of

Tarvisio Tarvisio (German and fur, Tarvis, sl, Trbiž) is a comune in the northeastern part of the autonomous Friuli Venezia Giulia region in Italy. Geography The town is in the Canal Valley (''Val Canale'') between the Carnic Alps and Karawanks rang ...

. The two settlements of Pontebba and Pontafel finally merged on 15 August 1924. During

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, the rail line through the town was the target of heavy aerial bombardment by the

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because it was used by

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to transport supplies to Italy. However, the aerial bombardment did not succeed in damaging the rail line, which is still in use today.

Sports

''Aquile Friuli-Venezia Giulia'', the region's flagship

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team, plays its home games at the ''PalaVuerich'' arena in Pontebba and is affiliated with the local ice sports society ''Sport Ghiaccio Pontebba''. The team is a member of the

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and won the 2008 Italian Cup.

Transport

Pontebba can be reached via the ''A23''

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, running from

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and the ''A4'' to Tarvisio and the Austrian A2 Süd Autobahn, as well as by the parallel ''Strada Statale 13 Pontebbana''. Here the ''Strade Provinciale 110'' to the Naßfeld Pass ( it, Passo di Pramollo) branches off. The Pontebba train station is at the new ''Pontebbana'' railway line from Udine to Tarvisio and the Austrian border. Opened in 2000 it replaces the old ''k.k. Staatsbahn Tarvis-Pontafel'' built in 1879.

Demographic evolution

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Notable residents

Adele Faccio Adele Faccio (13 November 1920 – 8 February 2007) was an Italian politician and deputy of the Radical Party (Italy), Radical Party (''Partito Radicale'').Morta la radicale Adele Faccio" (February 9, 2007). ''Corriere della Sera.'' Retrieved Ju ...

, politician * Ernesto Lomasti, mountaineer

References

External links

www.comune.pontebba.ud.it
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