San Daniele del Friuli

On a hill above the Tagliamento, San Daniele owes its fame to the sweet prosciutto cured by the breezes that meet here from the Alps and the Adriatic. But this small town also keeps one of the oldest public libraries in Italy, and a church so richly painted it is called the Sistine Chapel of Friuli.

The story

In pictures

What we'll see

1. Biblioteca GuarnerianaOne of Italy's oldest public libraries, founded in 1466.
2. Sant'Antonio AbatePellegrino da San Daniele's Renaissance frescoes, the Sistine Chapel of Friuli.
3. The cathedral and the hilltopThe main square and views over the Tagliamento.
4. The prosciutto traditionHow the town's famous ham is made, cured and sliced.

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+1 hour

Prosciutto factory and tasting

Inside a prosciuttificio we follow the ham from salting to the long rest in the curing rooms, then taste Prosciutto di San Daniele DOP with the producer.

+45 minutes

Inside the Biblioteca Guarneriana

A closer look at the historic reading room and the treasures of one of Italy's oldest public libraries.

+1.5 hours

Opificium Librorum

At Ragogna castle, a few minutes from San Daniele, the scribes of the Scriptorium Foroiuliense show how a medieval book was made: paper, parchment, illumination and binding. Every guest leaves with a postcard written with their own name.