I'm the one sitting below the fountain.

Old silk mill.

Old Coricama Factory.

Town's coop Dairy.

Social Theater Verdi.

Towards main square.

Elsa and I on town square. Winter shelter. Maniago 's artisan museum. Cathedral and bell tower. Typical Maniago farm house.

Maniago our honeymoon Town. We (Elsa and I) have a very soft spot for Maniago, It not only is the town where Elsa's uncle and his family lives; It is also the town where Elsa and I spent our honeymoon. It was many, many, years a go, we were young and without a worry in the world, and with all our life in front of us. We enjoyed the mountains strolls and all the entertainment that Elsa's uncle Giorgio and his wife provided for us. Maniago was a lovely antique town, although the town after the Second World War was very poor, the people were very happy and generous to a fault. We will never forget that we spent there our best two worry free weeks of our lives. I have taken thousand of photos in my lifetime but for obvious reasons I never found the time to take a single photo of our honeymoon. Every time that we went back to visit our parents we always went back to visit Elsa's uncle and visit our honeymoon town. With time we got older, were as the town got the loveliest face-lift. It now looks as lovely and as a young as a child, as for us no lift in the world will ever give us back our youth. We hope you like the photos of this magnificent ancient town. A short Maniago's history. The name of the country goes back to the period of the Roman occupation (earth of Manlius). It was occupied to protect the crossing, Maniago, Concordia. In order to continue towards Poffabro, the way would than branch itself towards the Cellina and the Piave or the Meduna and the Tagliamento. From there they could reach Livenza and Pinzano. Maniago registered the presence of the Longobardi, the only vestige that remains of that period are; the name given to the Fara Mountain and some fragments on the facade of the Duomo (Cathedral), which are from the VIII century. The documented history begins with a diploma dated the 12 January 981, with which the Emperor Brass II recognizes the Patriarch of Aquileia Rodoaldo, to be the owner of the Maniago's court, which also comprised the Maniago's mountain. Some years after, Rodoaldo entrusts the defense and the exploitation of these lands to a group of family chieftains; one of the descendants of these families was eventually chosen as Chief nobleman (feudal lord), which eventually was bestowed with a nobility title. Over the years, whenever there was an armed encounter, the populace found refuge within the castle walls, which was built in 1150 on the ruins of a Roman tower. Venice eventually laid siege to Maniago; after forty-two years of siege (on the 5 of June 1420) they yield to the Most Serene. A much shorter French rule succeeded the long domination of Venice. Eventually Austrian ruled the Friuli lands until the third war of independence in which time it was annex to Italy.

Typical local architecture. Elsa and antic fountain. Square from war memorial. Maniago's panorama. Elsa and I waiting for train.

By Leone Pomponio Amalteo.

Maniago, from aerial shot.

Uncle's family and Elsa.

View from Montenegro.

Elsa, church and castle ruins.