Paluzza

Paluzza Paluce (Friulian)
Comune
Comune di Paluzza
View from Monte Zoncolan
Coat of arms
Location of Paluzza
Paluzza Location of Paluzza in Italy Paluzza Paluzza (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
Coordinates: 46°32′N 13°1′E
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province	Udine (UD)
Frazioni	Casteons, Cleulis, Naunina, Rivo, Timau
Government
• Mayor	Massimo Mentil
Area
• Total	69.75 km2 (26.93 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2017)
• Total	2,158
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Demonym	Paluzzani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33026
Dialing code	0433
Website	Official website

The Church of Santa Maria

Paluzza (Friulian: Paluce) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Geography

It is located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Udine, in the historic Carnia region of Friuli, close to the border with Austria at Plöcken Pass (Italian: Passo di Monte Croce Carnico).

Paluzza borders the following municipalities: Arta Terme, Cercivento, Comeglians, Forni Avoltri, Kötschach-Mauthen (Austria), Lesachtal (Austria), Paularo, Ravascletto, Rigolato, Sutrio, Treppo Ligosullo.

The municipal area comprises the frazioni of Casteons, Cleulis, Englaro, Naunina, Rivo, and Timau (German: Tischelwang), where a particular variant of the Southern Bavarian dialect is spoken. A local term in the Bavarian language for "hello" is pfiati.

Sights include the Torre Moscarda, a surviving structure of a castle (Castrum Moscardum) built here by the Patriarch of Aquileia Gregorio di Montelongo; nearby are remains of ancient Roman and World War I fortifications.