Zoppola
{{Short description|Municipality in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Zoppola
| official_name = Comune di Zoppola
| native_name = {{native name|fur|Sopula}}
| image_skyline = Zoppola_ViaRomano.jpg
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| image_caption = Town hall.
| image_shield = Zoppola-Stemma.png
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| coordinates = {{coord|45|58|N|12|46|E|type:city(8,231)_region:IT|display=inline}}
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| region = Friuli-Venezia Giulia
| province = Pordenone (PN)
| frazioni = Castions, Cusano, Murlis, Orcenico Inferiore, Orcenico Superiore, Ovoledo, Poincicco
| mayor_party =
| mayor = Francesca Papais
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 45.4
| population_footnotes = Population data from Istat
| population_total = 8297
| population_as_of = April 2022
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| population_demonym = Zoppolani
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 36
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|istat=| saint = Saint Martin
| day = November 11
| postal_code = 33080
| area_code = 0434
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.zoppola.pn.it/}}
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Zoppola (Standard Friulian: {{lang|fur|Çopule}},
Western Friulian: {{lang|fur|Sopula}}) is a {{lang|it|comune}} (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about {{convert|90|km|0|abbr=off}} northwest of Trieste and about {{convert|9|km|0|abbr=off}} east of Pordenone.
The Italian poet Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote a poem called {{lang|it|Le gioie di Orcenico}} ("The joys of Orcenico"); he had lived in Casarsa della Delizia, not far from Zoppola's {{lang|it|frazione}} (borough) of Orcenico, from 1943 to 1949.
Main sights
- Castello di Zoppola, owned by the patriarch of Aquileia and Cardinal Antonio Panciera. The inner court has frescoes by Pomponio Amalteo
- San Martino church
- San Michele, church in the frazione of Ovoledo, with 16th-century frescoes and paintings
- Sant'Andrea church at Castions, with two canvases by Amalteo and one by Antonio Carneo
International relations
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}
Zoppola is twinned with:
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Tonneins, France, since 1981
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Sankt Georgen am Längsee, Austria, since 1996
People
References
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External links
- [http://www.comune.zoppola.pn.it/ Official website]
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{{Province of Pordenone}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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