Destinazioni - Comune
San Giorgio della Richinvelda
Where
San Giorgio della Richinvelda (Pordenone)
San Giorgio della Richinvelda is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Pordenone. It has a population of 4639 inhabitants divided in the seven small towns that compose the municipality: Rauscedo, Domanins, Cosa, Pozzo, Provesano, Aurava and San Giorgio. Agriculture represents the most common activity of the territory. Rauscedo has been at the top in the world for the farming of 'barbatelle', the plants from which wine is obtained.
Notable people
Donato Casella, renaissance sculptor from Carona
Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician, sociologist, author and professor, assassinated during the Dutch general election of 2002, buried in the cemetery of the frazione Provesano.
Gino Pancino, cyclist
Tarcisio Petracco
Bertram of St. Genesius, Patriarch of Aquileia, assassinated during an ambush at San Giorgio della Richinvelda on 6 June 1350.
References
External links
Official website
