Porcia () is a ''
comune'' (municipality) in the
Province of Pordenone
The province of Pordenone ( it, provincia di Pordenone; ; vec, provincia de Pordenon) was a province in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy. Its capital was the city of Pordenone. The province was subdivided from the province ...
in the
Italian region
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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, located about northwest of
Trieste and about west of
Pordenone
Pordenone (; Venetian and fur, Pordenon) is the main ''comune'' of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.
The name comes from Latin ''Portus Naonis'', meaning 'port on the Noncello (Latin ''Naon'') River'.
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Main sights
*The castle, residence from the 12th century of the
Porcia family (Counts, later Princes) .
*''Torre dell'Orologio'' (Watch Tower)
*''Villa Correr-Dolfin ''(late 17th-early 18th centuries)
*Church of St. George, known from 1262. It has a standing unfinished bell tower.
Twin towns
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Spittal an der Drau,
Austria
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Berettyóújfalu
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Hungary
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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