Amaro, Friuli

Amaro ( Friulian: Damar ) is a municipality with 840 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) in the Italian province of Udine, region Friuli- Venezia Giulia.

The village lies at an altitude of 296 m above sea level. The area of ​​the municipality covers 33 km ².

• 2.1 Religious area
• 2.2 Natural area

Geography

It is the first of 28 communities encountered as soon as one comes from the province of Udine to Carnia. A popular saying goes that Carnia would be much sweeter, the first village not so bitter ( " amaro " in Italian ) would be. The village lies at the foot of the mountain Amariana ( 1,905 m ), while in the south side of the river Tagliamento of Mount San Simeone ( 1,505 m) rises. The municipality has no districts.

Neighboring communities

Attractions

Religious area

• The parish church of St. Nicholas, built 1889-1897 to designs by the architect Girolamo d' Gemoneser Aronco, to replace the previous church from the 15th century, which had been extended several times and fashioned in the 17th and 18th centuries, the latter end however, was torn down, as they no longer offered the people enough space. Been preserved from the old building to the present day are on the north side of the portal and a few other tracks. The choir frescoes date from the year 1947 by Gemoneser Alfredo Carnelutti and make Christ the King and other holy figures dar. Of importance is the marble high altar, with lateral statues of St. Nicholas and St. John the Baptist, but even more interesting are the side altars of the 18th century: the right has an altarpiece with the feast of Pentecost, painted by Antonio Taddei from Raveo in 1846, is reminiscent of the similar to representations of Amalteo and Agosini from the 16th century; the other, the Rosary Altar, we owe to the artist Francesco Aloj di Gemona from 1787 and cost about 600 ducats, which sum of money - as can be read in the document - by the pious women of Amaro and thanks to the painstaking work of Hay and timber haulage from Amariana mountain was applied. The bell tower, however, dates back to 1933, built as a replacement for the former, demolished in 1925 the tower.
• The church of Saint Valentine is a simple building from the 18th century, where once stood a portico under a facade of turrets. It contains only one altar, which was built by Francesco Altoi from Gemona in 1778, possibly Giovanni Antonio Agostini, who in an altarpiece with Saint Valentine, Blasius, Madonna and Child with angels an unidentified Udine artist (in that period Carnic region was very active ) has. On the wall at the entrance of two paintings from the 18th century are fitted with depictions of the Annunciation, which originate from the parish church.
• The Chapel of Maina, heavily damaged by the 1976 earthquake, but was restored by the mountain troops of the ANA and re-consecrated in 1984. It contains in its interior, the altar of white marble (1829 ), which has a fresco of the Madonna and Child, a radiant proof of typical handwriting of painting of the 16th century.

Natural area

• The waterfall of the torrent Favarinis who throws several tens of meters into a gorge of the mountain Amariana. To get there you drive the road towards the station of the Carnia ( a district of Venzone ) and before the viaduct over the Fella you turn left onto the road to Campiolo from. At the bridge of the torrent Favarinis you follow a path to the creek bed.
• The small lake of Cison is ideal for fishing or for a quiet walk along its shores, where you can watch beautiful swans and congeners when gliding on the water. Accessible is the lake by following down a path from the main road, which passes right by the old mill Rainis.

Economy

Today Amaro has a busy industrial, craft and commercial zone. This settlement is favored by the geographical location of the village, which acts to Carnia as "Tor" and benefits from the proximity to a major road (the Autobahnwärterei the A23, exit Carnia Tolmezzo ). To support and as a catalyst for the development of the whole of Carnia and the mountain region, Amaro is the seat of the Agency Agemont, which is responsible for the mountain zone fallen.

In 2003, the first and only shopping center of Carnia with a supermarket and various shops opened, but who have suffered from a not too prudent management. Greater success, however zeitigten the activities in the field of computer science, where a leader in this business it operates, future projects learn the creation of a technology - pole that fits exactly to Amaro.

Local government

Mayor: Silvano Tomaciello (Citizens list) since 2004