It is crossed for its entire length by the state road 52 bis which leads to the nearby Passo di Monte Croce Carnico, which marks the border between Italy and Austria. It is a busy road, especially in summer, when tourists travel it from Northern Europe... #tuttitaly
We passed through the streets of Timau twice: the first time, in winter, to go to Oberdrauberg in Austria; the second time, in spring, during our trip to Udine.
Timau is located right in the province of Udine, at 830 m above sea level, at the foot of the majestic rocky walls of Crete di Timau and Gamspitz. Timau is a typical "Strassendorf" (town lined up along the road), consisting of four hamlets: Par Soga, Scholeit, Pauarn, and Braida.
Furthermore, this village is the last inhabited center before the Monte Croce Carnico pass, which marks the border between Italy and Austria.
History
Initially, the town of Timau stood on one of those shelves where the Ossuary Temple stands today. This position, however, was exposed to the danger of floods, such as that of 1729. The town was overwhelmed by a landslide, so the city moved to its current position.
Between 1915 and 1917, the battles of the First World War took place in the mountains close to the town.
What to see
Among the religious buildings, we find the Ossuary Temple, which testifies to the tragedies of the First World War, with the mortal remains of 1764 Italian and Austrian soldiers who died fighting in the Timavese mountains.
Worthy of note is the Parish church of Santa Geltrude, dating back to the 13th century and renovated in the 18th, and the Church of Cristo Re, of the twentieth century.
Among the civil architecture, we find the museum The Carnia area in the Great War, where Italo-Austrian war relics are exhibited, most of which are located on the mountains overlooking the town, such as the Gamspitz, the Pal Piccolo, the Pal Grande, the Crete of Timau, Mount Crostis, and Mount Zoufplan.
The Fontanon is also interesting: the source flows from the slope at the base of the Gamspitz wall and into the main river.
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