Aviano

Aviano ( Friulian: Davian ) is a municipality in the province of Pordenone at the foot of the Dolomites in northern Italy. The 159 m s.l.m. has preferred place 9085 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) and an area of 113 km ².

Attractions

• The Castello di Aviano is a ruin of a castle from the first half of the 10th century.
• Duomo di San Zeno, built in 1775 and expanded in 1832.
• Sanctuary of Madonna del Monte

Traffic

Aviano is located on the little-used railway line Gemona del Friuli- Sacile and has a railway station. By train, the place is better achieved over the ten kilometers to the south of Pordenone railway station on the railway line Venezia -Udine and then by bus. In Pordenone and the A28 motorway passes, is connected to the Aviano on country roads. The part of the municipality of Aviano winter Piancavallo can be reached from Aviano also on a country road.

Military airfield

In the south of the municipality is located since 1911, a military airfield, which is used by the U.S. Air Force since 1955. On the Aviano Air Base is a squadron of F -16 fighter aircraft and nuclear weapons of the type B61 - fourth