Moggio Udinese ( fur, Mueç, german: Mosach or , sl, Možac or ) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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It is situated in the

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region, in the valley of the Fella River, a right tributary of the

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. Moggio is located about northwest of

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and about north of

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. In the north, the mountains of the

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stretch up to the border with

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; beyond the Fella are the

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with the Resia Valley in the southeast. As of 31 December 2004, the municipality had a population of 1,991 and an area of . It can be reached via the Autostrada A23. Moggio Udinese borders the following municipalities: Amaro,

Arta Terme Arta Terme ( fur, Darte) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Udine in the Val Bût, part of the Alpine traditional region o ...

Chiusaforte Chiusaforte ( sl, Kluže, german: Klausen, fur, Sclûse) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Geography It is located about northwest of Trieste and about north of Udine, on the ...

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 ...

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(Austria),

Paularo Paularo ( fur, Paulâr ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italy, Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about north of Udine, on the border with Austria. Paularo borders the fo ...

Pontebba Pontebba ( fur, Ponteibe, german: Pontafel, sl, Tablja) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Geography Pontebba, named after it, ponte meaning "bridge", is situated at the confluenc ...

Resiutta Resiutta ( fur, Resiùte, sl, Na Bili) 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. As of 31 December 2014 it had a population ...

Tolmezzo Tolmezzo ( fur, Tumieç; sl, Tolmeč; archaic german: Tolmein or ''Schönfeld'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Udine, part of the autonomous Friuli Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy. Geography Tolmezzo is located at the ...

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History

The area had already been settled in

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times, when a ''

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'' or at least a watchtower was erected to control the traffic on the

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from

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to the province of

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in the north. According to legend, one

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noble Cacellino (''Kazelin''), a member of the Aribonids dynasty, about 1084/85 ceded his Friulian estates around Moggio to his brother-in-law Patriarch Frederick of

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. Though the deed of donation has been identified as a fake, it is documented that in 1119 Frederick's successor

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established a

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monastery at the site, dedicated to

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. By an 1185

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, the abbey was directly subordinate to the

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. With the Patriarchate of Aquileia, the monastic community decayed in the 15th century. When most of Friuli was conquered by the

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in 1420, the monks had to accept Venetian overlordship with their domains incorporated into the ''

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''. The monastery was finally dissolved in 1773, a few years later the Moggio area fell to the

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according to the 1797

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and became part of the

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by resolution of the

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in 1815. Upon the

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in 1866, it fell to the newly established

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Twin towns

Moggio Udinese is twinned with: * Moggio, Italy

References

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