Mortegliano

Mortegliano is a Northeast Italian municipality ( comune ) with 5071 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Udine in Friuli Venezia Giulia. The community is located about 14 kilometers southwest of Udine.

Community partnership

Mortegliano maintains an intra- Italian partnership with the municipality of Arborea in the province of Oristano ( Sardinia).

Personalities

  • Ezio Pascutti ( b. 1937 ), football player (midfielder ) and coach

Traffic

The former Strada Statale 252 di Palma Nova Codroipo Gradisca d' Isonzo and the former State Road 353 della Bassa friulana from Udine to Muzzana del Turgnano run through the municipality.

Trivia

The 1955-1959 built by Pietro Zanini steeple of the church of Santi Pietro e Paolo is with 113.2 meters is the highest church tower in Italy.

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