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Revision as of 15:21, 4 March 2006
Udine (Friulian Udin, Slovene Videm) is a city in the north-east of Italy, capital of the historical region of Friuli, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps (Alpi Carniche), less than 40 km far from the Slovenian border. Its population was 96,593 in 2005, 167.000 with the urban area. Its geographical location is 46.07° North, 13.24 ° East.
History
Udine was the historical starting point for a route over the Saifnitz or Pontebba Pass to Villach by way of Pontebba and Tarvisio. It lay on the Roman road the Via Julia Augusta, but there is no sign of Roman occupation. Founded in 983, after the decadence of Aquileia (one of the most important cities of the Roman Empire) and Forum Julii, Udine became important for commerce, and was for 4 centuries capital of Patriarcato di Aquileia. In the 1230s the seat of the patriarchate of Aquileia was transferred to Udine, giving its Romanesque cathedral new prominence. In 1420 Udine became part of Venetian territory until 1797, when Napoleone yielded the Serenissima to Austria, and the Treaty of Campo Formio (1796) was signed in Campoformido, a village that lies about 4 miles west of Udine. Udine was annexed from the Reign of Italy in 1866.
Monuments and buildings
The old residence of the patriarchs of Aquileia was erected by Giovanni Fontana in 1517 in place of the older one destroyed by an earthquake in 1511. Under the Austrians it was used as a prison. In the cathedral archives was formerly preserved a recast of the Visigothic code of laws in a manuscript known as the Codex Utinensis, which was fortunately printed before it was lost. (See Breviary of Alaric).
In the 1550s Andrea Palladio erected some buildings in Udine. The church of S.Maria della Purita has 18th-century frescoes by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and his son Domenico. In the principal square (Piazza della Libertà) stands the town hall (Loggia di Lionello) built in 1448-1457 in the Venetian-Gothic style opposite a clock tower (Torre dell’Orologio) resembling that of the Piazza San Marco at Venice.
The center of Udine is dominated by the Castello di Udine, built by the Venetians. In the castle there is one of the most ancient hall of parliament of Europe. Traditionally, the hill where the castle is located was built on the ruins caused by Huns invasions.
Culture
Udine has a university, the 'Università degli studi di Udine'. The archbishop's palace and the Museo Civico have quite important paintings. The city has a theather, the Teatro Giovanni da Udine.
Economy
Udine is important for commerce, the are several commerical centers in the hinterland. There are also industries of iron and mechanical industries.
Sport
The local football club is called Udinese Calcio, founded in 1896, and plays in the highest Italian league (Serie A).
See also Giovanni Martini da Udine, the High Renaissance architect who worked in Rome and was a pupil of Raphael.