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Regions: Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Provinces: Pordenone (PN) and Udine (UD)
Situation and general information
The north Italian region of Friuli, in the basins of the Tagliamento and the lower Isonzo, extends from the Carnic and Julian Alps to the Adriatic. Together with the eastern part of the old province of Veneto (provinces of Trieste en Gorizia) it now forms the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which occupies 7,846sq.m/3,029sq.mi (pop. 1,200,000).
History
The region, originally occupied by an Illyrian tribe, the Carni, was conquered by Rome around 150 B.C. Its name comes from the Roman town of Forum Iulii (Cividale del Friuli). Later a Lombard duchy, in the time of Charlemagne it was held by a Frankish
Provinces: Pordenone (PN) and Udine (UD)
Situation and general information
The north Italian region of Friuli, in the basins of the Tagliamento and the lower Isonzo, extends from the Carnic and Julian Alps to the Adriatic. Together with the eastern part of the old province of Veneto (provinces of Trieste en Gorizia) it now forms the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which occupies 7,846sq.m/3,029sq.mi (pop. 1,200,000).
History
The region, originally occupied by an Illyrian tribe, the Carni, was conquered by Rome around 150 B.C. Its name comes from the Roman town of Forum Iulii (Cividale del Friuli). Later a Lombard duchy, in the time of Charlemagne it was held by a Frankish
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