Its frazione (borough) of Poffabro is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

In the archives of the Curia of Udine there are the documents from 1648 to 1650 regarding a trial of the inquisition against witches who were said to meet for sabbats in the meadow of Malgustât, behind Mt.

[citation needed] On 28 September 1810 by Napoleonic decree Frisanco became the administrative center of the Val Colvera which included annexing Poffabro.

The festival takes place in late July and lasts for four days, ending with a parade through the older parts of Frisanco.

Colvere (Colvuri in Friulian) lies in the Val Colvera, and takes its name from the stream.