Udine (in frioulan Udin ) is a town of Italy, of approximately: 97000 inhabitants, capital of the historical and geographical area of the the Friuli, located in the area Friuli-Venezia Giulia, area of the Flat of Po. It is the Chef-lieu ( capoluogo in Italian) of the Province of Udine.

Geography

Udine is in the center of the area and is located on the transalpine ways of the the Friuli, in direction of the Austria and towards the European east.

History

Capital of the historical area of the Friuli, it was founded in 983, and gained quickly in importance thanks to the decline of Aquilée initially and Cividale then while becoming the seat of the Patriarch of Aquilée, at the time of the donation of the castle on behalf of the emperor Laiton II. Declining under the domination of the Venetian Republic which lasted of 1420 to 1797, there were, in the administration, a French bracket following the Napoleonean campaigns, the passage to the Austro-Hungarian empire after the Restoration and finally the annexation of the city to the kingdom of Italy in 1866. During the First World War, it was, until the defeat of Caporetto, the seat of the Italian high command, and accepted the name of " capital of the guerre". After the September 8th 1943, it became a station managed directly by the Third Reich, and this until the end of the German occupation in April 1945.

The dialect of Udine

The dialect of Udine is particular at the city, where, unlike the surrounding zones, one employs an idiom of the Venetian type strongly influenced by the Frioulan. During last decades, however, this dialect fell in disuse and, today, it almost disappeared. Actually, this dialect was used only by two generations of inhabitants of Udine, those which were born during the Forties and Fifties from the last century. It is not related to the historical influence of Venice but it owes its origin with its social function “particular”: to distinguish the inhabitants from the center town of those of the periphery and the countryside inhabitants of the " seul" center town made use of it to assume - or, at least, they thought it - a social status higher than that of the inhabitants of the periphery and peasants of the countryside which spoke the Frioulan. This dialect was used only by two generations and then it was abandoned to be replaced by the Italian language. Today, only some people of these generations continue to speak it. The following generations preferred the Italian language or the Frioulan to him.

Administration

With its eleven communes bordering, Udine forms an urban surface of approximately: 169000 inhabitants out of 312 km ², for a density of 613 hab/km ².

Hamlets

Baldasseria, Beivars, Chiavris, Cormor, Cussignacco, Gervasutta, Godia, Laipacco, Molin Nuovo, Paderno, Paparotti, Rizzi, San Domenico, San Gottardo, Sant' Osvaldo, San Ulderico, Villaggio LED Plate

Communes bordering

Campoformido, Pasian di Prato, Pavia di Udine, Povoletto, Pozzuolo del Friuli, Pradamano, Reana del Rojale, Remanzacco, Tavagnacco

Art

Among the more famous monuments, the castle located on a hill which dominates the city, the cathedral, the Loggia of Lionello, the elegant place of the Freedom of Venetian style and the place San Giacomo, which represents the town heart with Mercatovecchio. Y are also present some paintings of Tiepolo, the Italian great painter of the 18th century. With regard to modern works, to announce the Theater New Giovanni d' Udine.

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