Tarcento

Tarcento occupies a strategic location at a bridging point on the River Torre. Tarcento first appears in the historical record around 1126 CE, when an Austrian nobleman, Machland from Perg was feudal overlord of the castle around which the town had developed. Subsequently a second castle was built on the hill of Coia. In 1219 the Caporiacco family took over as feudal overlords. Both castles were badly damaged during wars for control of the area between the Holy Roman Empire and the Republic of Venice in the Middle Ages and on 1420 Tarcento became part of the territory controlled by the Venetian Republic. The castles were very damaged by a serious eartquake on 1511, so much that today only a corner of the tower of the castle on the hill of Coia can still be seen. Following the Napoleonic conquest of the Venetian Republic in 1797, Tarcento came under Austrian Rule, then in 1866 became part of the Kingdom of Italy. A catastrophic earthquake in 1976 caused a great deal of damage in the town and its surroundings, all of which has subsequently been repaired.

Tarcento is a city along the river Torre in the Province of Udine, Italy, which has about 8.800 inhabitants and its territory includes 11 settlements. Tarcento is close to the regional Nature Park Juliens Prealps and City of Cividale - a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2011 as Longobard’s important place. 

City of Tarcento: http://www.comune.tarcento.ud.it/

Tourist information: http://www.turismofvg.it/Locality/Tarcento

                                http://www.dolcenordest.it/en/our-communs/tarcento

Julians Prealps Nature Park http://www.parcoprealpigiulie.it/en/Principale/The_Park/The_Park.aspx