Best Villages and Art Pearls in Friuli Venezia Giulia

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TOPPO DI TRAVESIO

The village of Toppo, in the municipality of Travesio, preserves the remains of the medieval castle that once overlooked the plain and the village below. The complex is a fine example of Friulian fortified architecture. In 1220, the village of Toppo con56

sisted of eight masi (family-run rural houses). There were twenty-five documented masi in the sixteenth century. Palazzo Toppo Wasserman, originally a maso which was later developed into a noble country house in the sixteenth century, will start off the

route where you can discover the village’s original, well-preserved, stone buildings. In the square facing the Palazzo you will also be able to see a seventeenth-century stately residence with an entrance arch. This was the summer residence of the


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