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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Region of Italy
Flag of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Flag
 Coat of arms of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Coat of arms
Italy Regions Friuli-Venezia Giulia Map.png
Country Italy
Capital Trieste
Area
 • Total 7,856 km2 (3,033 sq mi)
Population
 (2007-12-31)
 • Total 1,222,061
 • Density 155.558/km2 (402.892/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal € 34.3 billion (2006)
NUTS Region ITD
Website www.regione.fvg.it

Friuli - Venezia Giulia is a region in the north-east of Italy on the Adriatic Sea. The capital is Trieste. The population is 1,191,588. FVG has a border with the Italian region of Veneto to the west, Austria to the north and Slovenia on the east.

People in this region speak the Italian, Friulian, Slovene and German languages.

Provinces

Geography

Friuli - Venezia Giulia has an area of 7,858 km² and is Italy's most north-eastern region. It is the 5th smallest region in Italy. The Alps lie to the north of the region, and the beaches and cliffs of the Adriatic Sea are on the south edges.

Cuisine

Friulani, Giuliani, Austrian, Slovene and Hungarian influences over the centuries have created a wide range of food and drink typical of the region. Some examples include:

  • Jota (Istrian stew)
  • Radicchio
  • Goulash
  • Gnocchi alla spinache


Images for kids

  • Foro romano di Aquileia

    Roman ruins in Aquileia

  • Miramare2

    Miramare Castle, built by Archduke Maximilian of Austria, later Emperor of Mexico, in Trieste

  • Culino, part of the Forni Avoltri municipality, in Friuli, Italy

    A view of the Carnia highlands

  • Portopiccolo - Borgo

    The bay of Portopiccolo, Sistiana

  • Porttrieste old

    The port of Trieste

  • Unioni territoriali intercomunali del Friuli-Venezia Giulia

    New subdivisions since January 2018

  • Quadrilingual traffic sign

    A traffic sign in Italian, Friulan, German and Slovene

  • Piazza san giacomo

    Piazza San Giacomo in Udine

  • Castello di Miramare lato mare

    The Miramare Castle in Trieste

  • Laghi Di Fusine (210396055)

    The lake of Fusine in Valromana

  • Cividale Panorama (24645109410)

    The Devil's Bridge in Cividale del Friuli

  • Lignano Sabbiadoro 5214

    Terrazza Mare in Lignano Sabbiadoro

  • Barbana

    The Grado lagoon

  • Sistiana1

    The bay of Sistiana

  • PiazzaUnità 1

    Piazza Unità d'Italia in Trieste

  • Molo audace 015 2008-01

    The sea in Trieste

  • Lussari 03

    Sanctuary in Mount Lussari, Tarvisio

  • Pinzano panorama

    The Tagliamento river near Pinzano

  • Culinocjasos

    Typical houses in Carnia

See also

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