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A northern mountainous area of Friuli still retains the ancient name Carnia. Beginning from the 2nd century BC, Friuli was colonized by the Romans: Aquileia was the fourth largest city of Italy during Roman imperial times, capital of Regio X of the Italia province (the Augustan region Venetia et Histria).
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 ...
According to the Bank of Italy, in the eve of the acquisition on 31 March 1998, FriulAdria had 54 branches in Friuli Venezia Giulia and 33 branches in Veneto, with a market share of 29.4% in the Province of Pordenone before the merger, or pro-forma 35.3% after the merger (adding the market share of Intesa), which was ahead Credito Italiano (21% ...
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.
After World War II, Pordenone, as well as the rest of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, became a garrison for many military units, in order to prevent a socialist Yugoslavian invasion from the east. The heavy military presence boosted the economy of the once-depressed area. Pordenone is as now garrison of the 132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete".
Pages in category "Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 221 total.
This is the list of the railway stations in Friuli-Venezia Giulia owned by: Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), a branch of the Italian state company Ferrovie dello Stato ; [ 1 ] Ferrovie Udine-Cividale (FUC).
As for the region of Friuli, the factors attracting people back to their country were many, often combining with each other: the global recession of the beginning of the 1970s; the industrial and tourism development by areas that had once seen a critical exodus; the will to be a part of the reconstruction of the affected area by the earthquake ...