Pontebba ( fur, Ponteibe, german: Pontafel, sl, Tablja) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the

Province of Udine The province of Udine ( it, provincia di Udine, fur, provincie di Udin, sl, videmska pokrajina, Resian dialect, Resian: , german: Provinz Weiden) was a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia of Italy, borderi ...

in the Italian region

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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 Tagliamento. It is located about northwest of Trieste and about north of Udine, near the border with Austria. As of 31 October 2020, Pontebba had a population of 1,344 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality contains the '' frazioni'' (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 in the south, Hermagor-Pressegger See (Austria) in the north, Malborghetto Valbruna in the east and Moggio Udinese in the west.

History

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

March of Verona The March of Verona and Aquileia was a vast march (frontier district) of the Holy Roman Empire in the northeastern Italian peninsula during the Middle Ages, centered on the cities of Verona and Aquileia. Seized by King Otto I of Germany in 952, ...

, the former Lombard Duchy of Friuli to the south, and the Bavarian March of Carinthia to the north. After the 1420 conquest of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, the settlement of Pontebba south of the creek belonged to the '' Domini di Terraferma'' of

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

. The corresponding settlement of ''Pontafel'' north of the bridge belonged to the Carinthian Canal Valley, an exclave held by the

Imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imperial, Nebraska * Imperial, Pennsylvania * Imperial, Texas ...

Prince-Bishopric of

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...

, which was incorporated into the Inner Austrian territories of the

Habsburg The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...

dynasty in 1759. It was only in 1874 that the Telegraph 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 World War I according to the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the border of the Kingdom of Italy with the Republic of Austria was shifted up the Canal Valley north to the town of Tarvisio. The two settlements of Pontebba and Pontafel finally merged on 15 August 1924. During World War II, the rail line through the town was the target of heavy aerial bombardment by the United States Army Air Forces because it was used by Germany 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 ice hockey 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 Serie A and won the 2008 Italian Cup.

Transport

Pontebba can be reached via the ''A23'' autostrada, European route E55, running from Palmanova 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 Nassfeld Pass ( it, Passo di Pramollo, sl, Mokrine) is a mountain pass connecting Hermagor in the Austrian state of Carinthia with Pontebba in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is located in the Carnic Alps between the Gail valle ...

( 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, politician *

Ernesto Lomasti Ernesto Luigi Lomasti (29 October 1959 – 12 June 1979) was an Italian mountaineer and alpino skier. He is regarded as one of the Italian pioneers of climbing as a sport. He died during training in the Valle d'Aosta, Arnad, in the local al ...

, mountaineer

References

External links

www.comune.pontebba.ud.it
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