Canale d'Agordo (known as Forno di Canale until 1964; Ladin: Canal, German: Augartnerkanal) is a town and comune in the province of Belluno, in the region of Veneto, northern Italy. It has 1,230 inhabitants. Pope John Paul I (born Albino Luciani) and the landscape painter Giuseppe Zais were born in Canale d'Agordo. It has a Museum dedicated to Pope John Paul I called the Pope Luciani Museum.

Demographic evolution

Notable people

Pope John Paul I, born Albino Luciani Giuseppe Zais, painter Franco Manfroi, ski mountaineer and cross-country skier

Twin towns Canale d'Agordo is twinned with: Lacenas in France (since 2006) Wadowice in Poland (since 2009) Massaranduba, Santa Catarina in Brazil (since 2011)

See also Annea Clivana

References

External links Link of the country Canale d'Agordo