Friuli-Venezia
Giulia is one of the twenty Regions of Italy, and one of five with
administrative autonomy. Located in northeastern Italy, Friuli-Venezia
Giulia borders the republics of Austria and Slovenia to the north and
east, and the Adriatic Sea to the south. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an
area of 7844 km² and 1.2 million inhabitants and the coastal
length is 111,7 km. Its capital is Trieste.Friuli-Venezia Giulia
is comprised of two historical regions: Friuli, which forms 90% of the
territory, including the city of Udine, and Venezia Giulia, including
the capital city of Trieste.
The name comes from the Latin name of the town of Cividale, ancient
capital of the Lombard duchy, which used to be "Forum Iulii" ("Julius'
forum", named after Julius Caesar).
This artificial region was created after World War II to solve to
problem of Trieste, who had lost its natural hinterland, that was the
major part of Venezia Giulia and has been included in the then-existing
country of Yugoslavia. Therefore it was decided to aggregate the
historical region of Friuli to Trieste.
A natural opening to the sea for many Central European countries, the
region is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and
west of southern Europe.
Apart from Italian, the Friulian language is spoken throughout the
region; there is also a sizeable Slovenian and a small German minority.
Gorizia, Pordenone,
Trieste, Udine
Friuli-Venezia
Giulia is one of the twenty Regions of Italy, and one of five with
administrative autonomy. Located in northeastern Italy, Friuli-Venezia
Giulia borders the republics of Austria and Slovenia to the north and
east, and the Adriatic Sea to the south. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an
area of 7844 km² and 1.2 million inhabitants and the coastal
length is 111,7 km. Its capital is Trieste.Friuli-Venezia Giulia
is comprised of two historical regions: Friuli, which forms 90% of the
territory, including the city of Udine, and Venezia Giulia, including
the capital city of Trieste.