San Giorgio della Richinvelda (
Standard Friulian: ;
Western Friulian: ) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Pordenone in the
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
region
Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 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 prov ...
and about northeast of
Pordenone. It has a population of 4,626 inhabitants divided in the seven small towns that compose the municipality: Rauscedo, Domanins, Cosa, Pozzo, Provesano, Aurava and San Giorgio.
Agriculture represents the most common activity of the territory.
Notable people
* Donato Casella, renaissance sculptor from
Carona
*
Pim Fortuyn
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (; 19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002), was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) ...
, Dutch politician, sociologist, author and professor,
assassinated during the
Dutch general election of 2002, owned a holiday home in the town and is buried in the cemetery of the frazione Provesano.
*
Gino Pancino, cyclist
*
Tarcisio Petracco
*
Bertram of St. Genesius,
Patriarch of Aquileia
The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certain ...
, assassinated during an ambush at San Giorgio della Richinvelda on 6 June 1350.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
{{FriuliVeneziaGiulia-geo-stub