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Before Sunset by © Urban Vendramin

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Santuario di Castelmonte

-- Udine, Italy

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Castelmonte, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy by © lukaudine on Instagram (via @igersud)

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Oggi: #Castelmonte luogo di #pellegrinaggio / #pilgerstätte #wallfahrtsort heute beim Wandern gesehen / #placeofpilgrimage seen today / #lieudepélerinage vu aujourd'hui https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRSEkuF76T/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#Sentiero nel #Bosco di #Castelmonte / #Wanderweg im #Wald / #trail in the #forest https://www.instagram.com/p/CGEkqR-lUdW/?igshid=18678nlvr03j3

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Canon Powershot SX730 HS Taken on 15/04/2017. The way I see it, there are two types of itineraries: the meticulous and the spontaneous. I like to think that mine are the former, though over the years I've learnt to make room for the unexpected. That can be said for the small ancient hamlet of Castelmonte, which I'm so glad I visited! Castelmonte, literally meaning 'castle on a hill', up to its name in a geographical sense, as you can see in the first and last photos of my post. But there isn't a castle; rather, there's a castle-like sanctuary – supposedly the oldest sanctuary in Northern Italy – that houses a 15th-century painted stone sculpture of the Virgin Mary. And in fact, the village still goes by the wordy name of 'Santuario della Beata Vergine di Castelmonte'. Small village, long name! Nestled in the Julian Alps at 618 metres above sea level and just 8km from the Slovenian border, Castelmonte is overshadowed by more touristy towns nearby like Cividale del Friuli that's easy to get to on the Udine–Slovenia SS54 state road. I thought that was reason enough for me to take a small minibus from Cividale, wind my way up the hairpin turns and reach a little-known territory. I only had an hour to visit Castelmonte, but that gave me just enough time. There's the 12th-century sanctuary I mentioned before that has its own story to tell: a former Roman outpost that subsequently became a sanctuary, survived wildfires in the 15th-century and miraculously survived nearly unscathed after a barrage of artillery from Germany during the Second World War. Apart from that, there are old castle gates that still remain intact. Take a bus from Udine or Cividale with 'SAF' and see this remarkable village! ________________________________________ #ig_udine #italia #italy #ilikeitaly #castelmonte #friuliveneziagiulia #friuli #fvglive #viaggiainitalia #ripartiamodallitalia #ig_italia #yallersitalia #volgoitalia #ig_friuli_vg #yallersfriuliveneziagiulia #volgofriuliveneziagiulia #travelgramitalia #bestintravel #treasureitaly #village #borghiditalia #borghidavisitare #rsa_outdoors #natgeotravel #lonelyplanet #doyoutravel #huntgramitaly #moodygrams #illgrammers #gramslayers (at Castelmonte, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_SHAhcouur/?igshid=oo4oq312uvp4