ElmAgos B&B Udine Friuli Venice

EXPRESSIONISM - CODROIPO, Villa Manin di PassarianoI    24th September 2011 to 4th March 2012   
For the first time in Italy an art exhibition with more than 100 paintings from Berlin’s Brücke Museum. Kirchner, Heckel, Nolde and Schmidt-Rottluff are just a few of the artists exposed who gave birth to “Die Brücke” Movement, Expressionism’s origin
Opening hours:
From 9/24 to 11/1 everyday 9.00 am – 7.00 pm
From 11/2 to the end of the exhibition:
Mon - Fri 9.00 am – 6.00 pm
Sat and Sun 9.00 am – 7.00 pm
December 24th, 25th and 31st closed
January 1st 11.00 am – 7.00 pm
Web-site:  - www.villamanin-eventi.it

CIVIDALE DEL FRIULI    has been inscribed in the  WORLD HERITAGE LIST  together with other Longobard Places of Power in Italy, 568 - 774 A.D
After the Longobards penetrated and invaded the eastern part of the Italian peninsula – namely Friuli – in 568, Cividale became the seat of the first Lombard duchy in Italy.The Lombards conquered much of northern Italy (Langobardia maior) in the space of just a few years, occupying several Roman urban centres and controlling the territory by means of an imposing system of castra, which can still be seen throughout northern Italy and especially in Friuli
The Duchy of Friuli - and Cividale in particular – has always played a leading role in the power struggles and affairs of the Lombard kingdom, and the traces of Lombard presence are most evident here. The chapel of Santa Maria in Valle, traditionally known as the ‘Tempietto Longobardo', is a unique monument and one of the most complex and fascinating of the Western Medieval world. Its interior decoration, particularly the extraordinary stuccowork, constitutes the most extensive and complete testimony of the early Middle Ages that can still be seen today. The main architectural and decorative phase of the Tempietto is commonly ascribed to the late Lombard period, or rather to the period of King Desiderius.
Other notable artistic artifacts include fine examples of eighth-century church furnishings, such as the famous marble baptismal font commissioned by the patriarch Calixtus, and the celebrated Ratchis altar, a magnificent example of barbarian craftsmanship, made from marble and sculpted on all four sides with the interesting iconographic themes of the Majestas Domini, Visitation and the Adoration of the Magi.

Web-site:  - http://whc.unesco.org