Friuli-Venezia Giulia is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea.
Roman ruins in Aquileia
Miramare Castle, built by Archduke Maximilian of Austria, later Emperor of Mexico, in Trieste
A view of the Carnia highlands
Friulian or Friulan is a Romance language belonging to the Rhaeto-Romance family. Friulian is spoken in the historical region of Friuli in the northeastern part of Italy and has around 600,000 speaker
Historical linguist Graziadio Isaia Ascoli presented the theory that Ladin, Romansh and Friulian are from the same family.
Road sign in Italian and Friulian
Sign of the University of Friuli (Universitât dâl Friûl) in Udine