What to see in Pordenone, an itinerary including the main monuments and places of interest including Duomo San Marco, Palazzo Comunale, Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli and Church of the Holy Trinity.
Tourist information
Located along the Noncello river, in the low plain area of the Po Valley of Veneto, Pordenone was born as a river port in medieval times.
The arcades characterize the historic center of Pordenone, whose main street is Corso Vittorio Emanuele, where some noble palaces overlook, including Palazzo Montereale Mantica, Palazzo Ricchieri and Palazzo Gregoris.
The Cathedral of San Marco, dating back to the end of the thirteenth century and built in Gothic Romanesque style over the remains of a previous church, was later remodeled in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.
Inside there is the altarpiece entitled "Madonna della Misericordia" work created by Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis, also known as "the Pordenone".
The frescoes on the right octagonal pillar depicting San Rocco and the Madonna with the Child Jesus, the doors of the baptismal font and the altarpiece depicting San Marco, which nominates Ermacora bishop of Aquileia, surrounded by the archdeacon Fortunato and Saints Giovanni Battista, Sebastiano, Girolamo and San Giorgio on horseback with relative armor.
In addition to these, there are also numerous other interesting works that contribute to enhancing the place of worship.
The high bell tower, built with exposed bricks, features elegant three-light windows and hanging arches in terracotta.
What see
The church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, dating back to 1309 and remodeled in later periods, contains fourteenth-century frescoes, a fifteenth-century painting by Gianfrancesco da Tolmezzo, depicting Santa Barbara, a fifteenth-century wooden crucifix by Giovanni Tartarico and a sixteenth-century marble portal by the sculptor Pilacorte.
In the Church of the Holy Trinity, with its characteristic octagonal shape, sixteenth-century frescoes by Giovanni Maria Calderari, a pupil of Pordenone, are preserved.
The Town Hall, located in Corso Vittorio Emanuele and built in brick, was built between 1291 and 1395.
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Equipped with a portico on the ground floor, it includes a tower, surmounted by an astronomical clock built in 1542, on top of which there are two stone statues representing two pages that beat the hours.
The main floor, occupied entirely by the Council room, includes two windows formed by three arches that open onto the facade.
The palace ends with two characteristic canopied pinnacles, added in the sixteenth century by Iacopo da Gemona, based on a design by the painter Pomponio Amalteo.
To admire the suggestive scenographic effect with which this elegant building closes the long Corso Vittorio Emanuele.
In the archaeological area of Torre there are the ruins of an ancient Roman villa with the remains of the thermal baths, as well as a necropolis from a later period.
In the Castle of Torre, built at the end of the twelfth century and rebuilt following the devastation suffered by the Austrian captain Mordaz in 1402, there is the Archaeological Museum of Western Friuli.
