Toppo, from the Friulian Tóp, is a toponym that first appeared in 1186: according to some with the meaning of “large, landed tree trunk,” while according to others it would indicate the orography of the place, the hump on which the village stands. In this case Tóp would be connected to the Lombard tuppaz, “hillock. “The village of Toppo, which is ranked as one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, consists of two distinct “nuclei”, separated by the bed of the Rio Gleria: the first, to the east, is identified with the masi di Toppo; the other, to the west, is the hamlet of Pino at the foot of the castle, corresponding to the present-day Via Verdi and Via Castello. In the area, made up of small hamlets crystallized in time, the Martins hamlet with its stone walls and the nucleus of Via Fornace with its courtyard houses and interior gardens stand out. The old stone buildings and arched porticoes evoke the rough life of some time ago, while the 16th-century palace of the Toppo-Wassermann counts, which has become a cultural center for the entire territory, reminds us of the need to offer the historical and scenic heritage of these places to the knowledge of all
