Frisanco

Comune

Comune di Frisanco

Coat of arms

Frisanco

Location of Frisanco in Italy

Coordinates: 46°13′N 12°44′E / 46.217°N 12.733°E

Country

Italy

Region

Friuli – Venezia Giulia

Province / Metropolitan city

Pordenone (PN)

Frazioni

Poffabro, Casasola, Colvere

Government

• Mayor

Sandro Rovedo

Area

• Total

61 km² (24 sq mi)

Elevation

500 m (1,600 ft)

Population (31 December 2008)

• Total

702

• Density

12/km² (30/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Frisanchini

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

33080

Dialing code

0427

Frisanco (Friulian: Frisanc) is a town and comune in the province of Pordenone, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region (north-eastern Italy).

As early as 1492 a church stood in the center of the village.

A fire swept through the mountain village in 1606, destroying much of the town including all of the town's public and religious records. In the archives of the Curia of Udine there are the documents from 1648 to 1650 regarding a trial of the inquisition against witches who were said to meet for sabbats in the meadow of Malgustât, behind Mt. Raut. In one document it is written that the, "village of Frisanco in particular is said to be the witches’ nest".

On 28 September 1810 by Napoleonic decree Frisanco became the administrative center of the Val Colvera which included annexing Poffabro.

As of 2007, there is an annual circus arts festival, Brocante, based in Frisanco. There are shows in Frisanco and neighboring villages. The festival takes place in late July and lasts for four days, ending with a parade through the older parts of Frisanco.

Colvere ( Colvuri in Friulian) lies in the Val Colvera, and takes its name from the stream. It has five (boroughs), Gobbo and Cudili on the west bank of the Colvera, Fornasatte, Polàz and Mènis on the east bank. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the west bank was mostly settled by people from Casasola, and from Poffabro on the west bank.

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