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Tarvis
Tarvisio (German and fur, Tarvis, sl, Trbiž) is a comune in the northeastern part of the autonomous Friuli Venezia Giulia region in Italy. Geography The town is in the Canal Valley (''Val Canale'') between the Carnic Alps and Karawanks ranges in the north and the Julian Alps in the south. Located at the border with both Austria and Slovenia, Tarvisio and its neighbouring municipalities of Arnoldstein and Kranjska Gora form the tripoint of Romance, Germanic and Slavic Europe. The height west of the town centre marks the watershed between the Slizza creek, a tributary of the Gail River which is part of the Danube basin and the Fella River, a tributary of the Tagliamento discharging into the Adriatic Sea. Tarvisio together with the rest of the Canal Valley was part of Austria until 1919. Tarvisio has access to the ''A23 Alpe-Adria'' autostrada, part of the European route E55, running from the Austrian '' A2 Süd Autobahn'' to Udine, and the A4 autostrada at Palmanova. The Tarv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fusine In Valromana
Fusine in Valromana ( sl, Fužine or ; german: Weißenfels; Friulian: ''Fusinis'') is a ''frazione'' (fractional parish) of the ''comune'' of Tarvisio in the Province of Udine, in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy. Name The locality takes its name from the Slovene (''Fužine'') and Friulian (''Fusinis'') term for the historic ironworks site. The Italian name is a slight modification from the Friulan, with "in Valromana" added, referring to an adjacent valley—which, however, is located a fair way off. The alternate Slovene denotation ''Bela Peč'', like the German name ''Weißenfels'', , refers to a historic castle erected by the Counts of Celje, owners of the area between 1418 and 1456, in the early 15th century. Geography The hamlet is located in the western Julian Alps, about east of the Tarvisio town centre and close to the tripoint where the borders of Slovenia, Austria, and Italy meet. It is a stop on highway SS 54, which leads from Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friuli Venezia Giulia
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Cave Del Predil
Cave del Predil (german: Raibl, sl, Rabelj) is a ''frazione'' subdivision of the ''comune'' of Tarvisio in the Province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy. Geography The hamlet is located about 15 km (9 mi) south of the Tarvis town centre, in the valley of the Rio del Lago (''Seebachtal'') between the Montasio and Mangart massifs of the Julian Alps. The parallel road runs further up to the picturesque Lago del Predil and the Sella Nevea mountain pass. An eastern branch-off leads to Predil Pass at the border with Slovenia. A long tunnel under the pass, built in 1905 and originally used for water drainage and later for transport of miners and political refugees escaping from communist Yugoslavia, connects it with Log pod Mangartom. History The lead and zinc mining community was first mentioned in a 1320 deed issued by the Habsburg duke Frederick the Fair, at the time when the surrounding estates belonged to the Carinthian possessio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Alps
The Julian Alps ( sl, Julijske Alpe, it, Alpi Giulie, , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large part of the Julian Alps is included in Triglav National Park. The second highest peak of the range, the 2,755 m high Jôf di Montasio, lies in Italy. The Julian Alps cover an estimated 4,400 km2 (of which 1,542 km2 lies in Italy). They are located between the Sava Valley and Canale Valley. They are divided into the Eastern and Western Julian Alps. Name The Julian Alps were known in antiquity as ''Alpe Iulia'', and also attested as ''Alpes Juliana'' AD 670, ''Alpis Julia'' 734, and ''Alpes Iulias'' in 1090. Like the municipium of ''Forum Julii'' (now Cividale del Friuli) at the foot of the mountains, the range was named after Julius Caesar of the Julian clan, perhaps due to a road built by Julius Caesar and completed by A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E55
European route E55 is an E-route. It passes through the following cities: Helsingborg … Helsingør – Copenhagen – Køge – Vordingborg – Nykøbing Falster – Gedser … Rostock – Berlin – Lübbenau – Dresden – Teplice – Prague – Tábor – Linz – Salzburg – Villach – Tarvisio – Udine – Palmanova – Venice – Ravenna – Cesena – Rimini – Fano – Ancona – Pescara – Canosa di Puglia – Bari – Brindisi … Igoumenitsa – Preveza – Rhion – Patrai – Pyrgos – Kalamáta. From Helsingborg, the route was supposed to continue northward through Sweden and into Finland, but a decision was made to keep the E4 designation in Sweden, formerly used for a European route from Lisbon to Helsinki. E55 is not and has not been signposted in Sweden. Since 2018 E55 is not signposted between Helsingør and Køge in Denmark, but is signposted south of Køge.Google Streetview at e.g. and Route Sweden *Helsingborg Ferry * Helsing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kranjska Gora
Kranjska Gora (; german: Kronau) is a town in northwestern Slovenia, on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region, close to the Austrian and Italian borders. It is the seat of the Municipality of Kranjska Gora. Name Kranjska Gora was first mentioned in written sources in 1326 as ''Chrainow'' (and as ''Chrainau'' and ''Chrainaw'' in 1363, as ''Cranaw'' and ''Chranaw'' in 1390, and as ''Kraynaw'' in 1456–61, among other names). The Slovene name ''Kranjska Gora'' is a reworking of the German name, influenced by German ''Krainberg'' 'Karawanks'. The settlement was also called ''Borovska vas'' (or ''Borovska ves'' or ''Borovška ves''''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 540.) in Slovene in the past. History Kranjska Gora is believed to have been settled in the 11th century by Slovenes from Carantania. It was a fief of the Counts of Ortenburg in the 12th century. A trade route to Tarvisio already led through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmanova
Palmanova ( fur, Palme) is a town and comune in northeast Italy. The town is an example of a star fort of the late Renaissance, built up by the Venetian Republic in 1593. The fortifications were included in UNESCO's World Heritage Site list as part of Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th centuries: ''Stato da Terra'' – western ''Stato da Mar'' in 2017. Geography Found in the southeast part of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, it is from Udine, from Gorizia and from Trieste, near the junction of the motorways A23 and A4. History On 7 October 1593, the superintendent of the Venetian Republic founded a revolutionary new kind of settlement: Palmanova. The city’s founding date commemorated the victory of the Christian forces (supplied primarily by the Italian states and the Spanish kingdom) over the Ottoman Turks in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, during the War of Cyprus. Also honored on 7 October was Saint Justina, chosen as the city's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slizza
The Slizza (Italian) or Gailitz (German; fur, Slize, sl, Ziljica) is an Alpine torrent in Italy and Austria, a right tributary of the river Gail. Its drainage basin is . Course Its source is below the Sella Nevea mountain pass in the Julian Alps, where it is known as the Rio del Lago (''Seebach''). , tarvisiano.org. Its flows in a north-easterly direction through Lago del Predil and via Cave del Predil down towards the town of . Here it enters the broad ''Val Canale'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udine
Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with the urban area. Names and etymology Udine was first attested in medieval Latin records as ''Udene'' in 983 and as ''Utinum'' around the year 1000. The origin of the name ''Udine'' is unclear. It has been tentatively suggested that the name may be of pre-Roman origin, connected with the Indo-European root *''odh-'' 'udder' used in a figurative sense to mean 'hill'. The Slovene name ''Videm'' (with final -''m'') is a hypercorrection of the local Slovene name ''Vidan'' (with final -''n''), based on settlements named ''Videm'' in Slovenia. The Slovene linguist Pavle Merkù characterized the Slovene form ''Videm'' as an "idiotic 19th-century hypercorrection." History Udine is the historical capital of Friuli. The area has been inhabited s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autostrada
The Autostrade (; singular ) are roads forming the Italian national system of motorways. The total length of the system is about . In North and Central Italy, the Autostrade mainly consists of tollways managed by Autostrade per l'Italia, a holding company controlled by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. Other operators include ASTM, ATP, and Autostrade Lombarde in the north-west; Autostrada del Brennero, A4 Holding, Concessioni Autostradali Venete, and Autovie Venete in the north-east; Strada dei Parchi, SALT, SAT, and Autocisa in the center; and CAS in the south. History Italy became the first country to inaugurate motorways reserved for motor vehicles with the A8. The Milan-Laghi motorway (connecting Milan to Varese) was devised by Piero Puricelli, a civil engineer and entrepreneur. He received the first authorization to build a public-utility fast road in 1921, and completed the construction (one lane each direction) between 1924 and 1926. By the end of the 1930s, over 400 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnoldstein
Arnoldstein ( sl, Podklošter, it, Oristagno) is a market town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography Location Arnoldstein is located at Austria's southern border between the Carnic Alps and the Karawanken mountain range, near the confluence of the Gailitz (Slovene: ''Ziljica'', Italian: ''Slizza'') and the Gail River (Slovene: ''Zilja'', Italian: ''Zeglia''). The tripoint with Tarvisio in Italy and Kranjska Gora in Slovenia is south of the town at the top of the mountain ''Ofen'' (Slovene: ''Peč'', Italian: ''Monte Forno'') at 1,509m/4,951 ft. Today there is a marker at this location. Arnoldstein can be reached via the A2 Süd Autobahn from Vienna and the parallel Austrian Southern Railway (''Rudolfsbahn''), running from Klagenfurt to the Italian border, where it is continued by the Italian '' Pontebbana'' line to Udine. Subdivision Arnoldstein is divided into six Katastralgemeinden: Arnoldstein (''Podklošter''), Hart (''Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
