Pordenone

Pordenone began as a river port on the Noncello, its name deriving from Portus Naonis. From 1278 it was a Habsburg enclave within the lands of the patriarch of Aquileia. River trade helped the town grow in the fourteenth century, and it gained city status in 1314.

Venice seized Pordenone in 1508, and its rule was confirmed in 1516 after the War of the League of Cambrai. The d'Alviano family governed the town until 1537 in recognition of Bartolomeo d'Alviano's military service to Venice. Under Venetian rule a new port was built and manufacturing developed, continuing the town's connection to trade along the Noncello.