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regione: Friuli - Venezia Giulia
provincia: Udine

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• de, fur: Tarvis • lt: Tarvizijus • sl: Trbiž
• el: Ταρβίζιο
• bg, ru, sr: Тарвизио • be, uk: Тарвізіа

Tarvisio (German and Furlan: Tarvis, Slovene: Trbiž) is situated at an elevation of 715 m in the Val Canale (Canal Valley) between the Carnic Alps and Karawanks ranges in the north and the Julian Alps in the south. Located at the border with both Austria and Slovenia, Tarvisio and its neighbouring municipalities of Arnoldstein and Kranjska Gora form the tripoint of Romance, Germanic and Slavic Europe. The municipality has a population of about 3,900 (2024) and is part of the province of Udine in the north of the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. The municipality consists of the subdivisions (frazioni) Camporosso (Saifnitz, Žabnice, Cjamparos), Cave del Predil (Raibl, Rabelj, Rabil/Predil), Coccau (Goggau, Kokova, Cocau), Fusine in Valromana (Weißenfels/Weissenfels, Fužine/Bela Peč, Fusinis), Monte Lussari (Luschariberg, Svete Višarje, Mont Sante di Lussari), Muda (Mauth, Muta, Mude), Plezzut (Flitschl, Flíčl, Pleçùt), Poscolle (Hinterschloss, Zágradec, Puscuèl), Rutte (Greuth, Trbiške rute, Rute), Sant'Antonio (Sankt Anton, Sveti Anton, Sant Antòni) and Riofreddo (Kaltwasser, Mrzla Voda).

As a place upon ancient trade routes across the Alps to Venice, Tarvisio's roots date back to Roman times. In 1007 Emperor Heinrich II vested the newly created Diocese of Bamberg with the Carinthian Canal Valley down to Pontebba, a region which had considerable importance because of nearby ore mines and ironworks. Tarvisio remained a southern exclave of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg, until in 1758 the bishop finally sold Tarvisio to the Habsburg ruler Maria Theresia of Austria. Until 1918 it was part of the Duchy of Carinthia. It received town privileges in 1909. It became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1919, after World War I, and since then has enjoyed considerable growth as a border town.

The parish church of Saints Peter and Paul [background centre], built in the 14th century and completed in the 15th century, was expanded between 1959 and 1962.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarvis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarvisio]