Buttrio ( fur, Buri) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Italian
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region
Friuli-Venezia Giulia, with a population of 4,050 people, located about northwest of
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into prov ...
and about southeast of
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 t ...
.
Buttrio borders the following municipalities:
Manzano,
Pavia di Udine,
Pradamano
Pradamano ( fur, Pradaman) is a town and ''comune'' in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, north-eastern Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the mid ...
,
Premariacco.
Buttrio is renowned for its wines, as well as for being the place for the headquarters of the multinational company
Danieli SpA, the largest supplier of equipment and plants to the
metal industry
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in the world, are located in Buttrio.
People
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Andrea Comparetti
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew.
Origin of the name
The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that re ...
, physician and scientist
*
Marco Racaniello
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People
* Marco (given name), people with the given name Marco
* Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor
* Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin
* Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish ...
, pianist and composer
*
Giulio Tami Giulio () is an Italian given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Giulio Alberoni (1664–1752), Italian cardinal and statesman
* Giulio Alenio (1582–1649), Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar
* Giulio Alfieri (1924–2002), Italian ...
, filmmaker, cinematographer, and editor
Twin towns
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Nötsch im Gailtal
Nötsch im Gailtal ( sl, Čajna) is a market town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
Geography
Located west of Villach, the municipal area stretches along the lower Gail valley in southern Carinthia at the foot ...
,
Austria
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References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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