Community of Chiopris Viscone
The name Chiopris dates back to 1230 and is the first settlement from the Longobard period. In the Middle Ages, Count d’Arcano received the Teupris villa as a donation from the Patriarch d’Aquileia. Around the church, dating from before 1300, was the first settled area (called “Zenta”). In 1357 the village was plundered by the patriarchal militia and in 1471 by the Turks. Viscone, cited for the first time in a document from 1020, rose near an important Roman communication route. Chiopris and Viscone as the border lands have a turbulent history; Chiopris belonged to the counts of Gorizia and later to the royal family of Austria; Viscone had many “rulers” in sequence. After the Vienna Congress in 1815, the two towns were unified.

Even now they have maintained their rural character and offer interesting architectural examples typical of the Friuli lowland, with front gates on the street and houses with courtyards. This area offers many possibilities for relaxation and for lovers of outdoor activities: shady elm, maple, oak and robinia woods adorn the Corno torrent and the Judrio River and are ideal for horseback riding. Numerous bird species offer real pleasure to birdwatchers and photographers of nature.

The parish church, dedicated to the Archangel Michael, has a longitudinal ground plan. The central part has a portal, a mosaic decoration of the patron saint and a tympanum on the façade. The bell is fixed to the wall of the edifice. The altars are dedicated to Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, and to a devotional statue of St Anthony. The remarkable pictures on the altar are the work of P. Bainville. The best work is the Pacassi altar, while the presbytery and ciborium of P. Tonini are also worth mentioning.