Nimis ( sl, Neme) is a town and ''
comune'' in the
province of Udine
The province of Udine ( it, provincia di Udine, fur, provincie di Udin, sl, videmska pokrajina, Resian dialect, Resian: , german: Provinz Weiden) was a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia of Italy, borderi ...
,
Friuli, north-eastern
Italy, near the border with
Slovenia. It is located at the foot of
Mount Bernadia
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
* Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...
, home to a
World War I Italian fort and a sweet white wine called
Ramandolo.
The town is bordered by the ''comuni'' of
Attimis,
Lusevera,
Povoletto,
Reana del Rojale,
Taipana, and
Tarcento.
According to the 1971 census, 25.4% of the population are
Slovenes, but these are located mainly in some villages on the surrounding hills and not in the main town and the rest of the plain. Due to the ethnic, linguistic, and cultural features of their population, the mountainous parts of the municipality are considered part of the traditional region known as the
Friulian Slavia. In the remaining part of the municipality,
Friulian is still widely spoken.
History
Nimis was founded by the ancient Romans, its name deriving from the Latin word ''Nemus''. After the fall of the
Western Roman Empire it housed a ''castrum'', mentioned by
Paul the Deacon
Paul the Deacon ( 720s 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD), also known as ''Paulus Diaconus'', ''Warnefridus'', ''Barnefridus'', or ''Winfridus'', and sometimes suffixed ''Cassinensis'' (''i.e.'' "of Monte Cassino"), was a Benedictine monk, s ...
in his ''
Historia Langobardorum''. During
World War II, the town was burned by the
SS, due to the presence of both Italian and Yugoslav partisan brigades in the area.
External links
Ramandolo Protection ConsortiumMountain Community PhotogalleyItalianmade.comArticle on Ramandolo wine
Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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