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Friuli comes from the Latin term Forum Julii ('Julius' forum'), a center for commerce in the Roman times, which today corresponds to the city of Cividale. [10] The denomination Venezia Giulia ('Julian Venetia', not referring to the city of Venice but to the Roman province of Venetia et Histria) was proposed by the Italian linguist Graziadio Isaia Ascoli, with the intention of marking the ...
The term "Venezia Giulia" did not catch on immediately, and began to be used widely only in the first decade of the 20th century. [4] It was used in official administrative acts by the Italian government in 1922–1923 and after 1946, when it was included in the name of the new region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Fanna (Standard Friulian: Fane; Western Friulian: Fana; German: Fuan) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Pordenone.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia geography stubs (208 P) Pages in category "Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 221 total.
They are located in northeastern Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in northeastern Italy. They are the easternmost dolomitic group. As part of the Dolomites, they have been officially recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Site [1] under the World Heritage Convention, and most of their area is also covered by the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park.
Monfalcone is the fifth most populous town in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the main centre of Bisiacaria territory. Joined to its neighbourhoods, it has about 50,000 inhabitants. The town lies between the Karst hills and the Adriatic coast, and it is the northernmost port of the Mediterranean Sea.
The first news concerning the possibility, for the inhabitants of the current region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, of reaching the lands of the interior of Brazil as emigrants dates back to 1872. The farmers of the Italian Friuli were mostly involved in flows to Brazil.
Pavia di Udine (Friulian: Pavie) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 9 kilometres (6 mi) southeast of Udine.