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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.
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.
Monfalcone is the fifth most populous town in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the main centre of Bisiacaria territory. Joined to its neighbourhoods, it has about 50,000 inhabitants. The town lies between the Karst hills and the Adriatic coast, and it is the northernmost port of the Mediterranean Sea.
Location of Friuli-Venezia Giulia within Italy Provinces of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The following is a list of the municipalities of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. [1] There are 215 municipalities in the abolished provinces of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (as of January 2019): 25 in the Province of Gorizia; 50 in the Province of Pordenone
Fanna (Standard Friulian: Fane; Western Friulian: Fana; German: Fuan) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Pordenone.
Valvasone Arzene (Friulian: Voleson Darzin) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Pordenone.