Portogruaro
Sign in to savePortogruaro (, ) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy. The city was the centre of a district, made up of 11 comuni, which formed the Venezia Orientale with the San Donà di Piave district.
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Portogruaro is a town in the Venice region of northern Italy that serves as the center of a larger district comprising 11 municipalities. The town and its surrounding district are part of an area called Venezia Orientale (Eastern Venice), which is administratively grouped with the San Donà di Piave district.
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- Piazza della Repubblica, the main square, with the Town Hall.
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- Giussago, Lison, Lugugnana, Portovecchio, Pradipozzo, Summaga
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Portogruaro (, ) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy. The city was the centre of a district, made up of 11 comuni, which formed the Venezia Orientale with the San Donà di Piave district.
==History== Portogruaro was officially founded in 1140, when the Archbishop of Concordia, Gervinus, gave a group of fishermen (Giovanni Venerio, Arpone, Bertaldo, Borigoio, Enrico Mosca, Giovanni Salimbene) the right to settle there and build a river port. A castle had existed on the site as early as the 10th century. In 1420, after centuries under Patria del Friuli, was conquered by the Republic of Venice. According to Bertolini the town's foundation could be coeval to the Concordia Sagittaria's one. Under the Venetians the town retained some autonomy and was able to expand economically up until the economic decline of Venice from the 17th century onwards.