Strassoldo

Strassoldo is a fraction of the municipality of Cervignano del Friuli located in a particular area of the low Friulian plain called the 'resurgence zone'. With its Castello di Sotto (Lower Castle) and Castello di Sopra (Upper Castle) surrounded by a centuries-old park, Strassoldo is a rare example of an extremely well-preserved and fascinating medieval village. Since their construction, the manors have been inhabited by the homonymous patrician family of Germanic origin, the Counts Strassoldo-Graffemberg, who were one of the first families of free feudal lords and who gave the Habsburg Empire of Austria a long series of important officials and generals. Just outside the walls of the mediaeval village stands Villa Vitas, guarded in the heart of a centuries-old park crossed by a long avenue of magnolias that winds its way through the estate's vineyards, in the heart of the Friuli Aquileia DOC area.