Mortegliano

The name Mortegliano, a large agricultural centre in the low plain of Friuli, may derive from the name of a Roman farmer, Mortilio, who owned some properties in the area.

The town can boast Italy's highest bell tower: 113.2 metres.

The municipality of Mortegliano comprises the hamlets of Lavariano and Chiasiellis as well.

The neo-Gothic Cathedral is worth a visit: it features a spectacular wooden altar, considered the best example of Renaissance wooden sculpture in Friuli, by carver and painter Giovanni Martini from Udine.
The other churches present in the territory are noteworthy too.

Mortegliano, the town of maize (blave in the Friulian language), also gives the name to a wide marshy area that extends below the "Stradalta" characterised by a peculiar biotope and by the presence of resurgences.