Fontanafredda

The ancient origins of Fontanafredda are demonstrated by the finding of some tombs of the Imperial Roman age, whereas the term appears, as Fontanafrigida, in a document of 1199.

The current Parish church was built in 1847 on a previous seventeenth-century oratory next to an isolated modest settlement in the large estate of the Counts of Porcia and Brugnera, whose parish see was the 17th-century church of St. George of Villadolt.

Fontanafredda's development is recent and is deeply connected to that of the close city of Pordenone by means of ties of mutual integration.

On the other hand, the glories of history and of art have to be looked for in the hamlets.
First of all Vigonovo, set on fire by the Bosnian Turks between 30th September and 1st October; the last and scariest of all Turkish invasions in Friuli reached here the climax of tragedy, with the slaughter of the whole population and for this reason, after 500 years, the bells still toll in the evening of 30th September of every year.

The old St. Mary's parish church, rebuilt several times over the centuries, is unique due to the material used in buildings of such lines and size, that is to say, stone: it features paintings by A.Vicentino (1596), S.Fracchia (17th century) and G.De Lorenzi (19th century).

The municipality comprises the hamlets of Camolli, Casut, Ceolini, Forcate, Nave, Ranzano, Romano, Talmassons, Vigonovo and Villadolt.