Portum de Gruario, crossed by the Roman road Via Ania, was first mentioned in a document from 888. In 1420, the Republic of Venice granted the city the customs office, extensive administrative autonomy with a monopoly on the trade of iron and salt. With the transfer of the bishopric headquarters from Concordia to Portogruaro in 1586, the city was elevated to the status of Civitas. In 1840, Luigi Camuffo relocated the world's oldest shipyard from Chioggia to Portogruaro.
La Pescheria, with its beautiful ancient port loggia, is one of the most characteristic places in the city. It is the small seventeenth-century wooden oratory dedicated to the Madonna della Pescheria. It was a devotional place for the fishermen of the Lemene River who organized in the Compagnia della Tratta and used to bring offerings to their patroness on the occasion of the feast of the Assumption. The ritual is re-enacted every year on August 15, with the traditional Caorline and Batee boats.
Posted from Padua, Thanks to Marco
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