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World video travel guide
Newsletter Friuli Venezia Giulia - July 2013
A region worth discovering: novelties among Friuli Venezia Giulia’s Slow Food Presidia
Two new entries among Friuli Venezia Giulia’s Slow Food Presidia: the Rosa di Gorizia, a particular type of radicchio, and the onion from Cavasso and Val Cosa. Then, a total of eight regional products included in this list that rewards the commitment of the producers in the protection of biodiversity, in the safeguard of traditional production methods and in the adoption of sustainable production processes.
A region linked to the land and its products, Friuli Venezia Giulia is characterized by great geomorphological and climatic variability that make it particularly rich in biodiversity. Moreover, it has also been able to preserve over time the traditional production techniques that today still provide various agri-food specialities.
Of the eight products awarded with the Slow Food Presidium quality certification, four are in the natural state. The Rosa di Gorizia is a variety of radicchio with a full taste, slightly bitter and of a deep, bright red with pinkish or garnet red nuances. Red is also the sweet and crunchy onion from Cavasso and Val Cosa, which is grown in a small area in the province of Pordenone: never spicy, it is excellent eaten raw as well. The garlic from Resia, a kind of sweet garlic particularly suitable for flavouring cold meats, is the gastronomic speciality of the homonymous valley and, finally, the radic di mont is a particular kind of wild chicory, very tender and of a characteristic violet colour, which is born in Carnia. The more complex processed food, on the other hand, comprises the frant fresh cheese, made in Carnia’s malghe (shepherd’s huts) to re-use “faulty” whole cheeses, whether swollen or with a broken rind, the pitina from the Tramontina and Cellina valleys, a product born to preserve the meat that is chopped with spices and herbs, the pan di sorc from the area of Gemona, a sweet bread made with a special flour, and finally the pestât from Fagagna, a seasoning that preserves the scents and flavours of the local vegetables and wild herbs.
An age-old forest on the border with Austria and Slovenia
The forest of Tarvisio has an age-old history: the first historical evidence about it dates back to the year 1007, when the German Emperor Henry II the Saint donated it to the Bishop of Bamberg. Today, 90% of the area is still burdened with estovers rights of medieval origin. Furthermore, it is Italy’s largest State forest, excluding parks: 24000 hectares of Alpine territory, 15000 of which covered in productive woods, managed for over a century according to a specific programme that guarantees continuous arboreal cover and the natural renewal of the native species. For this very reason it is one of the most precious nature areas in Italy and one of the most complete fauna systems in the Alps. The Forest museum, situated along the “Alpe Adria” A23 Udine-Tarvisio motorway, looks like an “eco-friendly parking” that aims at favouring a first and correct approach to the forest by drivers passing by. Inside it, however, the educational centre and the botanical garden allow to go into the various natural aspects of the forest. Many hiking possibilities: one in particular, the “sentiero del pellegrino” (pilgrim’s path) that leads to the sanctuary of Monte Lussari, reachable also by means of the cableway service included in the FVG Card offer. This regional tourist card (€ 15 for the 48-hour card, € 20 for the 72-hour card and € 29 for the one-week card) also includes free access to many other organized walks with a nature or Alpine guide and to many activities for children.
Friuli Venezia Giulia, a … divine region! – Part seven: Evangelical Churches
The oldest Evangelical presence in Friuli Venezia Giulia dates back to the middle of the 18th century and was determined by the granting of the status of free port to the city of Trieste by the Austrian Emperor Charles VI, who called back to the city people coming from various places who were looking for fortune and for commercial opportunities. Among them, some Swiss arrived as well, who at first opened above all cafés and pubs and then established trade agencies or became bankers and insurers. The imperial policy inspired by the principles of Enlightenment guaranteed freedom of worship to non-Catholic people as well and when Emperor Joseph II ordered the dismissal and sale of various churches, the Evangelical community of Helvetic confession purchased at an auction the basilica of San Silvestro, the oldest church in the city dating back to the 11th or 12th century, which since then has been the church of reference for this creed and since 1927 for the Waldenses as well. The Lutheran Evangelical community, on the other hand, had its church built in Largo Panfili, which was opened to worship in 1874 and is in Neo-Gothic style. Finally, the Evangelical and Lutheran communities, already present in the city, in the 19th century helped the new Methodist Church that in 1898 succeeded in obtaining a real place of worship, the chapel of the former Evangelical cemetery of Via del Monte.
At pordenonelegge 2013 the story of Vajont told to youths, 50 years later
In its 14th year, pordenonelegge.it, the Festival of Books with Authors, will be held from Wednesday 18th to Sunday 22nd September, as usual in the centre of Pordenone, where about thirty charming locations will welcome over 250 Italian and foreign guests (writers, publishers, journalists, philosophers, sociologists, artists, scientists…), who will discuss and compare their views in hundreds of meetings, dialogues, lectures, publishing previews, tasting sessions, exhibitions and shows.
Fifty years after the tragedy of Vajont, this year pordenonelegge aims at telling the new generations, in particular children and youths of primary schools and of the first three years of secondary school, a complex page of Italian history, through a small but precious path of meetings with authors and their books. The journey of a boy and his rag rabbit pushed far from each other by the mud that comes down and covers the valley, then meeting again, friends bound to be together forever, is the story told by Alfredo Stoppa and Gabriele Clima in their book Amico d’acqua, amico di terra. In the second appointment, Anna Paola Musetti and Laura Guianuzzi, through their book Quando arriva l’autunno, will talk to youths about the value of memory, of listening and of friendship, which can be discovered thanks to the reconstruction of the story of a family hit by the disaster. Finally, in the meeting I palloncini del Vajont: storia di una diga cattiva, made in collaboration with Pordenone’s UNICEF Committee, the well-known journalist and writer Lucia Vastano, with the reading by Giacomo Bizzai, will tell a fairy tale to children, giving them a precious gift: memory to be handed down.
The detailed programme of the festival is available on the website www.pordenonelegge.it.
Comfort and a warm welcome at the Hotel Franz in Gradisca d’Isonzo
Winner of the Tripadvisor Travellers’ choice 2013 prize, Hotel Franz in Gradisca d\'Isonzo provides recently renovated large rooms, furnished with taste and equipped with all modern comforts: parquet floor, Wi-Fi, high-speed LAN, safe, bathrooms characterized by modern design. The hotel suits various needs, both of those looking for more comfort and of those who pay attention to the budget. Moreover, the hotel is provided with conference rooms and with private car parks that make it ideal both for a business stay and for a holiday. In addition to a tour in the pleasant town of Gradisca, a fifteenth-century Venetian fortress then conquered by the Habsburgs, it is easy to add other interesting history and nature tours: the Isonzo of World War One, Palmanova, Aquileia, the lagoon of Marano.
