Art and culture
Friuli Venezia Giulia's wealth of precious art treasures
Friuli Venezia Giulia is a densely woven tapestry of art and art treasures, all with fascinating stories to tell, to be savoured slowly and revealed little by little so that the magic of it all has time to sink in.
The thrill of being at a crossroads between cultures and peoples
The alternating presence of different cultures and peoples here over the centuries has generated a wealth of art treasures and traditions just waiting to be visited and discovered.
Trieste is an incredible nixture of fine Hapsburg architecture and historical cafes, with the sea that seems to come right into the centre of the city. The sea has made the city highly cosmopolitan, with visible signs of the Catholic, Evangelical, Waldensian, Serbian-orthodox, Greek-orthodox and Jewish religions, with a former ghetto now full of second-hand and antique shops.
Gorizia is known as the "garden town" because of its noble Mitteleuropean charm, and, together with the surrounding lands, was one of the crucial areas in the First World War,
Udine is characterised by friendly hosterias, the masterpieces of the painter Giambattista Tiepolo, welcoming piazzas and lovely streets flanked by Venetian and Art Nouveau style palaces,
Pordenone is full of porticoes and frescoed palaces and lots of fascinating events, such as pordenonelegge.it, a lively literature festival.
And then… a myriad of treasures that never fail to surprise
The fascination and charm of the beautiful towns and traditional little villages in Friuli Venezia Giulia is endless:
• Aquileia, the Second Rome, where there is the biggest Paleochristian mosaic cycle in the Western world
• Palmanova, a nine-pointed fortress town
• San Daniele, the little Siena of Friuli
• Spilimbergo, with the Friuli School of Mosaic, known all over the world
• Cividale, where there was the first Lombard duchy in Italy
• Venzone, a fascinating Mediaeval town with buildings all in stone and a unique set of mummies
• Maniago, the town of knives
• Valvasone, with its castle and Mediaeval district
• Codroipo, with Villa Manin, last residence of the Doges of Venice
• Grado, with its fascinating Venetian town centre
• Sacile, the "Garden of the Most Serene Republic", on the river Livenza
• Muggia, an old Istrian-Veneto village
• Sesto al Reghena, with the beautiful Mediaeval architecture of its abbey
The thrill of being at a crossroads between cultures and peoples
The alternating presence of different cultures and peoples here over the centuries has generated a wealth of art treasures and traditions just waiting to be visited and discovered.
Trieste is an incredible nixture of fine Hapsburg architecture and historical cafes, with the sea that seems to come right into the centre of the city. The sea has made the city highly cosmopolitan, with visible signs of the Catholic, Evangelical, Waldensian, Serbian-orthodox, Greek-orthodox and Jewish religions, with a former ghetto now full of second-hand and antique shops.
Gorizia is known as the "garden town" because of its noble Mitteleuropean charm, and, together with the surrounding lands, was one of the crucial areas in the First World War,
Udine is characterised by friendly hosterias, the masterpieces of the painter Giambattista Tiepolo, welcoming piazzas and lovely streets flanked by Venetian and Art Nouveau style palaces,
Pordenone is full of porticoes and frescoed palaces and lots of fascinating events, such as pordenonelegge.it, a lively literature festival.
And then… a myriad of treasures that never fail to surprise
The fascination and charm of the beautiful towns and traditional little villages in Friuli Venezia Giulia is endless:
• Aquileia, the Second Rome, where there is the biggest Paleochristian mosaic cycle in the Western world
• Palmanova, a nine-pointed fortress town
• San Daniele, the little Siena of Friuli
• Spilimbergo, with the Friuli School of Mosaic, known all over the world
• Cividale, where there was the first Lombard duchy in Italy
• Venzone, a fascinating Mediaeval town with buildings all in stone and a unique set of mummies
• Maniago, the town of knives
• Valvasone, with its castle and Mediaeval district
• Codroipo, with Villa Manin, last residence of the Doges of Venice
• Grado, with its fascinating Venetian town centre
• Sacile, the "Garden of the Most Serene Republic", on the river Livenza
• Muggia, an old Istrian-Veneto village
• Sesto al Reghena, with the beautiful Mediaeval architecture of its abbey
