Cividale del Friuli (FriulianCividât, SlovenianČedad) is a town in Northern Italy, close to Urine. It was founded by Julius Caesar. The town is in the foothill of the eastern Alps close to the slovenian border. Friulian (friulano in Italian, Furlan in Friulian) is a Romance language belonging to the Rhaetian languages family, spoken in the north-east of Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia province) by about 600,000 people. ... Urine is liquid waste excreted by the kidneys and eventually expelled from the body in a process known as urination. ... Painting of Gaius Julius Caesar Bust of Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (Latin: C·IVLIVS·C·F·C·N·CAESAR¹) (July 12 or July 13, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC) was a Roman military and political leader whose conquest of Gallia Comata extended the Roman world all the way... The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria in the east, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany, through to France in the west. ...
The historical center of the town is dominated by plazza del Duomo which is where the Archeological National Museum is located. Closeby is the Palace, constructed in 1565. The town is split in two by the Natisone River which is spanned by the impressive Devil's Bridge.
Points to note
The town has a number of small osteria which serve distinctive local wines (VINI BIANCHI e VINI ROSSI). Of particular note are Verduzzo friulano and Refosco dal peduncolo rosso.
Transport
The town is easily accessible by rail from Udine and by bus from Gorizia on the slovenian border. Piazza della Libertà and 15th. ... Gorizia ( Slovenian Gorica, German Görz, ( Friulian Gurize) is a small town (pop. ...
At Cividale were born Paulus Diaconus, the historian of the Lombards in the time of Charlemagne, and the actress Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906).
This last change of residence was the origin of the antagonism between Cividale and Udine, which was only terminated by their surrender to Venice in 1419 and 1420 respectively.
The Duchy of Friuli - and Cividale in particular - which always played a leading role in the power struggles and affairs of the Lombard kingdom, is an excellent vantage point, because the traces of Lombard presence are most evident here.
Cividale also boasts an exceptional wealth of information on the development of the funerary culture and customs of the Lombards, dating back as far as the time of their immigration, due to the study of the rich grave goods conserved in the National Archaeological Museum.
The presence of the Lombard people, of Scandinavian origin, is documented in Central Europe (Moravia, Bohemia, Lower Austria, Hungary and Slovenia), where the surviving artistic artefacts are limited to the sphere of jewellery, during the centuries prior to their migration to Italy.
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