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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.
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.
Friuli (Italian:; Friulian: Friûl ⓘ; Venetian: Friul or Friułi; Slovene: Furlanija; Austrian German: Friaul) is a historical region of northeast Italy.The region is marked by its separate regional and ethnic identity predominantly tied to the Friulians, who speak the Friulian language.
Malborghetto Valbruna (Slovene: Naborjet-Ovčja ves; German: Malborgeth-Wolfsbach; Friulian: Malborghet-Valbrune) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, north-east Italy.
Savogna (Slovene: Sovodnje, locally Sauodnja; Friulian: Savogne) 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 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Udine, on the border with Slovenia.
Pordenone (Italian: [pordeˈnoːne] ⓘ; Venetian and Friulian: Pordenon) is a city and comune (municipality) in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the capital of the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone. The name comes from Latin Portus Naonis, meaning "port on the Noncello River".