ramandolo

Fortified in Roman times, Nimis, with its hamlets and districts, also had great strategic importance in the Friuli Longobard Dukedom and has one of the oldest places of worship in the region, the parish of Saints Gervasio and Protasio. Built on the remains of a pre-christian temple near Castrum Nemas around the eighth century, it became what it is today, with three naves, around the 14th.
Other buildings of great interest in the area are the Castle of Cergneu, the seventeenth century Sanctuary to the Madonna of the Pianelle and the fifteenth century church of St. John the Baptist from which the view over the fantastic “base” of Ramandolo where they produce the great wine bearing the same name, first D.O.C.G. in Friuli, is incredible.
It is a green amphitheatre, with ancient, hard-worked, centuries old terraces tidily lining gentle hills where that special climate alternates intense sun with light, persistent rain, all surrounded by rich woods full of beeches, elms and acacias giving their perfume to Nimes honey and reminding us of nature’s virtual spirituality in the legend and magic rites of the Celts.
Nimis is one of the 438 Italian wine towns for the special typicalness and quality of its wines and because Ramandolo, linked to it by history, tradition and culture, gets its name and origins from its land.