San Michele al Tagliamento

Once dependent on Latisana, San Michele al Tagliamento became an autonomous municipality with a decree of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy of 7 December 1807.

Annexed to Italy following the third war of independence in 1866, in 1867 the municipality of San Michele took the name of "San Michele al Tagliamento" to distinguish itself from other Italian municipalities called San Michele.

During the First World War, the town was severely damaged during the retreat of Caporetto and the two bridges, road and rail, over the Tagliamento river, were destroyed.

In 1933 the municipality received the localities of Terzo Bacino, Pradis and Prati Nuovi, made up of newly reclaimed land previously belonging to the municipality of Caorle.

During the Second World War, the town, together with the nearby center of Latisana, was completely razed to the ground by the Allied bombings of 19 May 1944, which aimed at the demolition of the bridges over the Tagliamento. After the war the town was rebuilt slightly further south, with a modern style characterized by wide and straight streets. The area where the old historic center was located, now occupied by modern buildings, is locally known as San Michele Vecchio. During the bombing, the Villa Ivancich (where Adriana Ivancich lived) was also destroyed, the ruins of which still survive today.

In 1956 the tourist development of the seaside resort of Bibione began, a locality in which in the same years the settlement of several families of Julian-Dalmatian refugees took place.

Map: San Michele al Tagliamento

vCard Info:

Address: Piazza della Libertà n. 2, 30028
(VE) Veneto
Latitude: 45.76364604874339
Longitude: 12.995667457580566
Site: https://www.comunesanmichele.i...

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Type: City
Function: Public place
Creation date: 26-08-2021 04:10
Last update: 26/08/2021