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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 ...
Cormons or Cormòns [3] [4] (Slovene: Krmin; German: Kremaun) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Gorizia, on the border with Slovenia.
Telefriuli [1] (Friulian language Telefriûl) is an Italian regional television channel in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It broadcasts a variety of shows, including a talk show , Eis Café. The channel is also active in the promotion of Friulian language ; it broadcasts a short newsbreak in Friulian, called Lis gnovis , and several other programs ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
With its elevation of 2,780 m (9,121 ft), it is the highest peak of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy and of the Carnic and Gailtal Alps. Monte Coglians is characterised by karst topography. Coglians (right) as seen from the NW