Sauris, Mountain commune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Located in the Lumiei Valley of the Carnic Alps, Sauris comprises two main villages at an elevation of 1,212 meters above sea level.
The settlement originated around 1300 when German peasants from Tyrolean Hochpustertal and Lesachtal regions established their presence in this isolated mountain valley.
The local population maintains the Saurano dialect, a German linguistic variation that preserves characteristics of medieval Tyrolean speech patterns.
The municipality remained accessible only by footpaths until 1934, when the first road connecting it to Ampezzo was constructed through the mountains.
The construction of the Lumiei Valley dam between 1941 and 1948 created the Lago di Sauris reservoir, transforming the local landscape.
Location: regional decentralization entity of Udine
Elevation above the sea: 1,212 m
Shares border with: Forni di Sotto, Ovaro, Prato Carnico, Vigo di Cadore, Forni di Sopra, Ampezzo
Website: http://comune.sauris.ud.it
GPS coordinates: 46.46537,12.70872
Latest update: May 27, 2025 07:10
Sauris Dam
2.8 km
Monte Bìvera
5.8 km
Monte Terza Grande
9.6 km
Monte Siera
9.3 km
Santa Margherita
11.3 km
Saquidic Castle
10.8 km
Sant'Osvaldo
97 m
Creta Forata
8.9 km
Chiesa di San Lorenzo Martire
1.6 km
Monte Tinisa
5.8 km
Santa Maria Assunta
10.9 km
Chiesa di San Leonardo
8.5 km
Santi Filippo e Giacomo
7.7 km
Monte Brentoni
12.1 km
Beata Vergine del Rosario e San Daniele Profeta Church
8.5 km
Santa Maria del Rosario
8.6 km
San Giacomo, Forni di Sopra
10.9 km
San Canciano Martire
9.9 km
San Vito
11 km
San Floriano
11.1 km
Parco delle Rimembranze
11 km
Madonna della Salute
10.9 km
La donna velata nel vento
11 km
Museo dell'Orologeria Pesarina
7.9 km
War memorial 1915-1918
10.9 km
Palazzo del Municipio vecchio
11 km
Casera Tartoi
10 km
Casera Varmost
11.4 kmReviews
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