Sesto al Reghena ( fur, Siest) is a ''

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'' (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

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, located in the lower Friulian-Venetian plain 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 southeast 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'. ...

. Sesto al Reghena borders the following municipalities:

Chions Chions (Friulian language#Variants of Friulian, Western Friulian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italy, Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Pordenon ...

Cinto Caomaggiore Cinto Caomaggiore is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of ...

Cordovado Cordovado ( fur, Cordovât) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italy, Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Pordenone. Cordovado borders the following muni ...

Gruaro Gruaro is a town and ''comune'' (comune means municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Venice (Metropolitan City of Venice is an administration area), Veneto, Italy. Gruaro is a medieval origin town in the eastern Veneto countryside near the bord ...

Morsano al Tagliamento Morsano al Tagliamento (Standard Friulian: ; Western Friulian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about east of Pordenone. Geography ...

, San Vito al Tagliamento.

Main sights

Sights include: * the abbey of

Santa Maria in Sylvis The Abbey of Santa Maria in Sylvis (Italian: ''Abbazia di Santa Maria in Silvis'') is a monastery in the centre of Sesto al Reghena, in the province of Pordenone, north-eastern Italy. History The abbey, founded around 730–735 AD, belonged to t ...

, a

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monastery built in the 8th century. * Villa Freschi, a Venetian villa from the 18th century in the locality of Ramuscello. * All Saint´s Church, a

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from the 1300 located in Bagnarola. * The fountain of Venchiaredo, a literary place in Friuli, celebrated by Italian writer

Ippolito Nievo Ippolito Nievo (; 30 November 1831 – 4 March 1861) was an Italian writer, journalist and patriot. His ''Confessions of an Italian'' is widely considered the most important novel about the Italian Risorgimento. Life Nievo was born and raised in ...

and rediscovered by Italian poet

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...

. * Church of Saint Peter, originally medieval small church with a

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

of the fifteenth century portraying the

Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

and Saint Sebastian. * Small Church of St. Anthony of Padua (Sesto al Reghena), a

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church located in a private property

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia {{FriuliVeneziaGiulia-geo-stub