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Beneath the Chapel of San Michele (Cappella di San Michele) you find 15 quite famous mummies.
They were already found in 1647 during works in the cathedral.
Venzone lies atop limestone bedrock. Groundwater in such regions is usually alkaline, an environment hostile to putrefaction. During floods, alkaline waters likely seeped through dirt floors in tombs 1 to 10, preserving the cadavers. Vaults 11 to 17 had sealed stone floors. Moreover, floodwaters in tombs 1 to 10 drained quickly through the porous limestone. Coffin wood from those vaults possessed just 7 percent water. In such aridity, water-soaked humans would have dried rapidly into mummies.
Information found at http://nut11.tripod.com/SAINTS.html
Updated Aug 29, 2004
Locanda Al Municipio: B&B and Restaurant
matcrazy1 Says: Comfortable accommodation in old building. Delicious breakfast. MORE (long internet address he?):www.emmeti.it/Welcome/Friuli/ProvUdine/Venzone/Alberghi/Municipio/index.uk.html Restaurant; traditional cuisine with seasonal speciality, garden in summer.
matcrazy1 Says: Don't forget when you parked your car and don't worry even if you forgot (tip for fallen in love :-) you will find it hehe - the town is small.The only map of Venzone I have found was firmly fixed (no way to take it hehe) to the house wall - look at my picture.
matcrazy1 Says: The only way to visit the small town is walking around (or riding a bicycle maybe an alternative) - the town is compact, it takes maybe 10-20 min. to walk from one to the other end of it.
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During the last week end of October it is held a medieval feast called “Festa della Zucca” dedicated to the “pumpkin”. It is held in the town centre and all the habitants of Venzone do wear medieval dresses. There are medieval shows , the town is illuminated just by torches and lanterns.Local wine is served together with food based on pumpkin products.
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Written Dec 30, 2002
matcrazy1 Says: .Venzone is small (easy to walk from one to another end) but parking a car maybe a problem there. Most streets are narrow with "no parking 0-24h" signs and one direction traffic. . There is not heavy traffic there so you can drive and drive till you find your parking lot -...
matcrazy1 Says: Italian wines (not those the cheapest) are delicious.Remember not to take shots with your camera when you drink a little more cheap Italian wines. Results you can see on my picture hehe. Don't go close to your camera (or your car). Drink a little less, how much? depends on...
matcrazy1 Says: You can find this old fountain in the main square of Venzone (1878 by Tuti and Fantoni from Gemona). It looks pretty in my opinion. Next time I have to put Euro (maybe Eurocent hehe) into the fountain to be sure to come back there.MORE info on...
matcrazy1 Says: .The fourteenth century Romanesque-Gothic Cathedral (Duomo), built with local stone on the existing remains, consecrated in 1338 by the Patriarch Bertrando, is Latin cross shaped with a vast transept and single nave ending in three apses from the vault. The Baptistry is...
matcrazy1 Says: Walking around Venzone you can discover a few charming squares, some squares are surronded by many Reinassance palaces of the 15th-16th century, maybe 2 with cafes and restaurants around.BTW I think that Italian coffee (not only capuccino) is the best in Europe - how do they...
matcrazy1 Says: .Mountains around, great architecture, a few people and cars, peace and quite make the place very charming.Maybe it (+ tragic earthquake in 1976) makes their citizens very friendly and always smiling - just happy town now, am I wrong?.
matcrazy1 Says: .Venzone is worth visiting to see the painstaking efforts locals are making to restore it exactly as it had been for centuries (after 1976 earthquake). Pause a while to watch as, stone by stone, the 14th-century double walls, moat and gates are pieced back together. .
matcrazy1 Says: .Whenever you are in Venzone you must see this lovely and charming Main Square with high Julian Alps in the background.The medieval village of Venzone, in which the walls, buildings and houses, largely destroyed in 1976, have been rebuilt using the original stones recovered...
matcrazy1 Says: .The Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall), a building of the 1400’s in Venetian-gothic style, is in the heart of the historical centre, in a beautiful piazza decorated with flowers. .
matcrazy1 Says: Venzone is located in Julian Alps which cover area of 2 bordering countries: most of them is in Slovenia (the highest summit Triglav 2864 m = 9396 ft), the rest in Italy.Just look up and admire beautiful, rocky summits (if it's not foggy there hehe) of the Julian Alps...
matcrazy1 Says: Whenever you are in Venzone just walk narrow streets with lovely old houses made of stone with shutters and with high Julian Alps in the background.
Lovely town... ideal for romantic lovers haha :-)
Medieval fortified town of Venzone is located by the national road SS13 on the route from Vienna (Austria) to Venice, just about 50 km (31 miles) from Tarvisio and Austrian border. Driving this way I...
The small village of Venzone (about 2300 inhabitants) is situated about 30 km north of Udine in the Tagliamento-Valley. It is surrounded by a middle-age wall with 14 towers. In the year 1965 it became...
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