Friuli-Venezia Giulia
The 20 Regions of Italy
Abruzzo | Aosta Valley | Apulia | Basilicata | Calabria
Campania | Emilia-Romagna | Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Lazio | Liguria | Lombardy | Marche | Molise | Piedmont
The geographical complexity of Friuli-Venezia Giulia - alps, limestone plateau, alluvial plain and shelving coastlands - is mirrored in its social diversity.
This area has always been a bridge between the Mediterranean world and central Europe.
It has been invaded from every direction, by Romans, Huns, Goths, Lombards, Nazis and even the Cossacks. The result is a variety of local flavors: An Alpine, mountainous north; the old peasant culture of Friuli; Venetian Udine; Adriatic Grado; Aquileia, still redolent of its Roman past; and Trieste, the regional capital, shares more with Slovenia than with Italy.
There's no doubt that the people of Friuli have their own ways, traditions, and a strong sense of identity.
The local dialect, friulano, is undergoing something of an official
revival. Many road signs are bilingual in Italian and friulano, and
studies of the dialect's history and variants are published by the
Society Filologica Friulana in Udine.
Tourism is growing. Trieste is convenient to the cave-riven landscape
of the Carso; Udine boasts excellent art collections; Cividale del
Friuli preserves an historic center and some fascinating Lombard
remains.
Aquileia has some of the most important Roman and early Christian
remains in Italy, and is fifteen minutes from the lagoon resort of
Grado, which conceals a tiny early Christian center amid the beach
hotels.
Vacations to Enjoy in Friuli-Venezia Giulia:
While our specialists work on creating wonderful vacations to
Friuli-Venezia Giulia, we think you will enjoy one of these vacations:
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