Friuli-Venezia Giulia is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea.
Friuli is a historical region of Northeast Italy. The region is marked by its separate regional and ethnic identity predominantly tied to the Friulians who traditionally spoke the Friulian language. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, i.e. the administrative provinces of Udine, Pordenone, and Gorizia, excluding Trieste.
Northeast Italy is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency. Northeast encompasses four of the country's 20 regions:
The Province of Treviso is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso. The province is surrounded by Belluno in the north, Vicenza in the west, Padua in south-west, Venice in the south-east and Friuli-Venezia Giulia in the east. The current President of Treviso is Stefano Marcon, elected in September 2016. He is also the current mayor of Castelfranco Veneto.
The province of Pordenone was a province in the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in Italy, subdivided from the province of Udine in 1968. Its capital was the city of Pordenone. The province was abolished on 30 September 2017; it was reestablished in 2019 as the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, and was reactivated on 1 July 2020. It has a total population of 312,794 inhabitants.
Sacile is a town and comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy. It is known as the "Garden of the Serenissima" after the many palaces that were constructed along the river Livenza for the nobility of the Most Serene Republic of Venice.
The Triveneto or Tre Venezie, also often referred to as North-Eastern Italy or simply North-East, is a historical region of Italy. The area is made up of the three smaller historical regions of Venezia Euganea, Venezia Giulia and Venezia Tridentina. This territory was named after the Roman region of Venetia et Histria.
Tolmezzo is a town and comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine, part of the autonomous Friuli Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy.
Sappada is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine, in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It is a member of the I Borghi più belli d'Italia association.
Portobuffolé or Portobuffolè is a comune (municipality) in the province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Venice and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of Treviso on both the shores of the Livenza river.
Pozzuolo del Friuli is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 10 kilometres (6 mi) southwest of Udine.
Sauris is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. At an elevation of 1,212 m (3,976 ft), it is the second highest municipality in the region and one of the German language islands in Northeast Italy. Sauris is part of the Alpine pearls cooperation for sustainable tourism.
Casarsa della Delizia or simply Casarsa is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Pordenone.
Erto e Casso is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Pordenone.
Morsano al Tagliamento is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Pordenone.
Prata di Pordenone is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 8 kilometres (5 mi) southwest of Pordenone.
Friulians, also called Friulans or Furlans, are an ethnolinguistic minority living primarily in Italy, with a significant diaspora community.
The Metropolitan City of Venice is a metropolitan city in the Veneto region, Italy, one of ten metropolitan cities in Italy. Its capital is the city of Venice. It replaced the Province of Venice in 2015 and includes the city of Venice and 43 other municipalities (comuni). It was first created by the reform of local authorities and then established by Law 56/2014. The Metropolitan City of Venice is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor and the Metropolitan Council. Since 15 June 2015, as the new mayor of the capital city, Luigi Brugnaro is the first mayor of the metropolitan city.
