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
Friuli 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. It comprises t
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
…region is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and west of Southern Europe. It encompasses the historical-geographical region of Friuli and a small portion of the historical region of Venezia Giulia—also known in English as the Julian March—each with its own distinct history, traditions…
Tagliamento river at Gemona
Lagoon of Grado, Alps in the background
Cividale on Natisone river
Roman forum ruins in Aquileia, which played an important role in Roman times and the early Middle Ages when it became seat of the Patriarchate of Aquileia