Valeriano: Discover History, Wine and Cycling Routes

Valeriano combines an impressive cultural history with Friulian wine tradition and a special cycling experience. Those looking for a holiday apartment can choose between historical discoveries, a wine tasting and planning a one-way cycling tour. The sights are not confined to a single thematic world: Valeriano tells the story of a medieval fortification, the stone portal and the fresco triptych in the church of Santa Maria dei Battuti, while also inviting visitors to discover old native grape varieties from Friuli.

Cultural history around the Centa di Valeriano

An important landmark is the Centa di Valeriano. The medieval fortification stands on a hill near the town centre. Its history is closely linked to the year 1309: during the conquest and looting of the town, it was destroyed by Enrico di Prampero and Odorico di Cuccagna. During your stay, this site offers a tangible connection to Valeriano's past, without limiting you to a mere date.

The church of Santa Maria dei Battuti is also one of the defining cultural highlights. It was built by the Brotherhood of the Battuti of Valeriano before 1300. The stone portal created by Giovanni Antonio Pilacorte is particularly striking. Its archivolt bears the year 1499 as well as 15 May. The church also contains a signed fresco triptych dated 1506 by Giovanni Antonio de’ Sacchis, known as Il Pordenone. It depicts Saint Valerian, Saint Michael and John the Baptist.

Wine tradition at Cantina Bulfon

If you would like to combine culture with regional culinary traditions, Cantina Bulfon provides a separate focal point. The complex includes a modern winery, a sales area, a large tasting room and an ethnographic collection. The winery is dedicated to rediscovering several old native grape varieties from Friuli. These rediscovered varieties were added to the National Register of Italian Grape Varieties in 1992.

Cantina Bulfon invites wine tourists to visit its vineyards and winery and taste local wines. This allows you to add a culinary experience to your travel plans. When looking for accommodation, you can consider whether you would like to shape your stay primarily around cultural sightseeing, a wine tasting or a combination of both. For a travel group with different interests, this selection creates different focal points, so that not every holiday day has to follow the same pattern.

Cycling to Valeriano

For active days on holiday, the FVG 3 cycling route from Pinzano to Casarsa is an interesting option. After one kilometre, the route leads to Valeriano. The route is designed as a one-way journey and requires the use of the train. If you include this section in your travel plans, you should therefore take the train and the one-way route layout into account from the outset. Valeriano can thus form part of a larger cycling experience, without the route being a circular trail.

Just outside Valeriano in the direction of Lestans stands the Mulino di Ampiano. This site adds another destination to the orientation around the town. Depending on your focus, you can plan Valeriano for cultural and wine-related experiences or include it as part of a planned cycling tour on the FVG 3. The choice of a holiday apartment in Valeriano should above all suit which of these experiences you wish to make the focus of your stay and how you would like to organise the FVG 3 one-way route.

Other places to compare

If you would like to compare other places with Valeriano when searching for accommodation, here is a compact selection: La Croce, Vito D'asio, Sequals, Frazione di Villa D'arco, Arba, Vivaro, Prata Di Pordenone and Caneva.

For the overarching travel overview: Pordenone.