Sappada
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Sappada
| official_name = Comune di Sappada
| native_name = {{native name|bar|Plodn}}
| image_skyline = Sappada panorama.jpg
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| coordinates = {{coord|46|34|N|12|41|E|type:city(1,339)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Friuli-Venezia Giulia
| province = Udine (UD)
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| mayor = Manuel Piller Hoffer
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| area_total_km2 = 62.6
| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
| population_total = 1300
| population_as_of = 30 November 2011
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| population_demonym = Sappadini
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| elevation_m = 1250
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| saint = St. Margaret
| day = July 20
| postal_code = 33012
| area_code = 0435
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.sappada.ud.it}}
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File:Sappada crkva - panoramio.jpg
Sappada ({{langx|de|Pladen}} or {{lang|de|Bladen}}; {{langx|bar|label=local Southern Bavarian|Plodn}};[http://issuu.com/costantino_t/docs/p_s-i_riv_ok Dizionario Sappadino-Italiano:] P. {{langx|fur|Sapade}}; {{langx|lld|Sapada}}) is a {{lang|it|comune}} (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is one of {{lang|it|I Borghi più belli d'Italia|i=no}} ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/friuli/|title=Friuli Venezia Giulia|access-date=31 July 2023|language=it}}
Geography
The settlement is situated on the southern slopes of the Peralba mountain, part of the Carnic Alps range, close to the border with Austria. Sappada is located about {{convert|130|km|mi}} north of Venice and about {{convert|60|km|mi}} northeast of Belluno.
Sappada borders the following municipalities: Forni Avoltri, Prato Carnico, Santo Stefano di Cadore, Vigo di Cadore.
Language
Sappada is a German language island in Italy. The local vernacular, {{lang|bar|Plodarisch}} or {{lang|bar|Plodar schproche}} ({{lang|it|sappadino}} in Italian), is a variety of Puster Valley Tyrolean Bavarian that is closely related to the speech of nearby Sauris ({{lang|de|Zahre}}) in Friuli. It is however not closely related to the Germanic Cimbrian language spoken in other language islands in Trentino and Veneto. The German name of the settlement refers to the Piave ({{lang|de|Ploden}}) river which runs through the valley.
History
The area of Sappada was initially part of the historic Cadore region, which Emperor Otto II ceded to the Bavarian Bishops of Freising in 973. The bishops already held nearby Innichen Abbey in the Puster Valley. At the time, German-speaking settlers, mainly from the Villgraten valley (in present-day East Tyrol), entered the region. King Henry IV, after his Walk to Canossa in January 1077, gave Sappada to the Patriarchs of Aquileia in 1077.
Pladen itself, then part of a larger mining area together with neighbouring Forni Avoltri, was first mentioned in a 1269 deed. With the Friulian lands of Aquileia, it was conquered by Venice and incorporated into the Domini di Terraferma by 1420. Part of the Province of Belluno since 1852, it fell to the Kingdom of Italy in 1866.
Although Sappada was part of the Italian region of Veneto for many years, it was historically part of the Carnia region in Friuli. In 2008, the municipality has formally asked to become part of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.{{cite web |url=http://www.udc-fvg.it/Mozioni/100607_MOZIONE_SAPPADA.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-12-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722055942/http://www.udc-fvg.it/Mozioni/100607_MOZIONE_SAPPADA.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-22 }}{{cite web|title=Sappada leaves Veneto for Friuli Venezia Giulia:ratification, 10 years after the referendum|date=November 23, 2017|url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/media/Sappada-lascia-il-Veneto-per-il-Friuli-Venezia-Giulia-la-ratifica-10-anni-dopo-il-referendum-16092d15-5482-4d10-bfa8-3b1c8155ccea.html#foto-1|work=Rai News}} According to the Italian constitution, municipalities bordering other regions or provinces have the right to ask for the incorporation into the neighboring entities. The municipal council of Sappada took advantage of this possibility and asked the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia to join it. In September 2010, the Regional council of the latter accepted the municipality's demand. Italian parliament approved the incorporation to Friuli-Venezia Giulia on 22 November 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.ilgazzettino.it/articolo.php?id=127799&sez=NORDEST |title=- Il Gazzettino |website=www.ilgazzettino.it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722040031/http://www.ilgazzettino.it/articolo.php?id=127799&sez=NORDEST |archive-date=2011-07-22}} This is the text of the approved law: "The Municipality of Sappada is detached from the Region of Veneto and aggregated to the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia within the province of Udine.
From the date of entry into force of this act, the references to the Region of Veneto and the Province of Belluno contained in the provisions of the law on the City of Sappada are to be replaced by references to the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the Province of Udine".[http://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/trieste/cronaca/2017/11/22/news/e-legge-sappada-passa-in-friuli-venezia-giulia-1.16150295 ilpiccolo.it.]
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Sappada}}
- [http://www.sappadadolomiti.com/eng/ Consorzio Comelico Sappada Dolomiti Official Website]
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