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Tour
description
A tour of Gemona and Venzone gives you the chance
to feel and touch the brave rise of Friuli after the
disastrous earthquake of 1976.
Surrounded by a frame of mountains and morainic hills,
Gemona is set in a rich natural environment
that invites anyone to a visit. Devastated by the
disastrous earthquake in 1976, Gemona is nowadays
a symbol of rebirth not only for the town itself,
but also for the entire region. We'll visit a town
renewed in its architectonic aspect, although you'll
be surprised to see how the reconstruction has respected
the original splendor in every slightest detail.
Among the ancient medieval monuments that have
been wonderfully restored, we'll admire the Town
Hall, with its harmonious Renaissance lines in
Venetian Lombard taste and the splendid Cathedral,
one of the most expressive examples of Gothic-Romanesque
architecture existing in the region.
Our tour then continues to Venzone, a charming
medieval town that was declared "monument of great
historical-artistic interest" by a government decree
in 1965. However, like Gemona, the earthquake in 1976
destroyed it almost completely. The rebuilding of
Venzone followed a philological method, that's to
say that the palaces, walls and houses of the old
town have been pieced back together by using the original
stones and integrating new ones only when the original
ones were completely unusable or destroyed.
In this little town surrounded by imposing mountains
we'll admire the 14-th century outer walls
and gates, the Venetian-Gothic Palazzo Comunale
(Town Hall), located in a beautiful piazza
decorated with flowers in the heart of the historical
center and the marvelous Cathedral which, along
with its imposing Bell Tower, is one of the
most remarkable monuments in the region.
But our walk through the narrow streets of this picturesque
medieval citadel cannot end without a pause in one
of the many cafés or in the characteristic shops selling
typical craftwork!
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