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 *''od^h-'' 'udder' used in a figurative sense to mean 'hill'. The Slovene name ''Videm'' (with final -''m'') is a

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of the local Slovene name ''Vidan'' (with final -''n''), based on settlements named ''Videm'' in Slovenia. The Slovene linguist

Pavle Merkù Pavle Merkù () (12 July 1927 – 20 October 2014) was an Italian-Slovene composer, ethnomusicologist, Slovene specialist, and etymologist. Life Merkù was born in Trieste on 12 July 1927. He received a bachelor's degree in Slavic studies at th ...

characterized the Slovene form ''Videm'' as an "idiotic 19th-century hypercorrection."

History

Udine is the historical capital of Friuli. The area has been inhabited since the Neolithic age, and is believed to have been settled by Illyrians. Based on an old Hungarian legend,

Attila Attila (, ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. According to European traditio ...

(?–453), the leader of the Huns, built a hill there, when besieging

Aquileia Aquileia / / / / ;Bilingual name of ''Aquileja – Oglej'' in: vec, Aquiłeja / ; Slovenian: ''Oglej''), group=pron is an ancient Roman city in Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about from the sea, on the river N ...

, because he needed a winter quarters billet: he instructed his soldiers to bring soil in their helmets and shields, because the landscape was too flat, without any hill. He established the town there, and built a square-shape tower. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the area increased in importance after the decline of

and afterwards of Cividale also. In AD 983 Udine was mentioned for the first time, with the donation of the ''Utinum'' castle by emperor Otto II to the Patriarchs of Aquileia, then the main feudal lords of the region. In 1223, with the foundation of the market,Marušič, Branko. 2000. Videm. ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'', vol. 14. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, pp. 224–225. the city became finally the most important in the area for economy and trade, and also became the Patriarch's seat. Old udine

In 1420, it was conquered by the Republic of Venice. In 1511, it was the seat of a short civil war, which was followed by an earthquake and a plague. Udine remained under Venetian control until 1797, being the second largest city in the state. After the short French domination which ensued, it was part of the Austrian-puppet Lombardy-Venetia Kingdom, and was included in the newly formed Kingdom of Italy in 1866. During World War I, from May 1915 to October 1917, Udine became the seat of the Italian High Command and was nicknamed "Capitale della Guerra" ("War Capital"). After the battle of Caporetto, it was occupied by the Germans in late 1917 and by the Austro-Hungarians in 1918 until after the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in 1918. After the war it was made capital of a short-lived province (''Provincia del Friuli'') which included the current provinces of Gorizia, Pordenone and Udine. After September 8, 1943, when Italy surrendered to the Allies in World War II, the city was under direct German administration, which ceased in April 1945.

Geography

Climate

Udine has a

humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...

( Köppen: ''Cfa''). Precipitation is abundant all year round with spring and fall being the wettest seasons. The highest temperature recorded was on July 21, 2006 while the lowest temperature recorded was on December 19, 2009.

Demographics

In 2007, there were 97,880 people residing in Udine itself (whereas the greater area has a population double its size), located in the province of Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, of whom 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 14.36% of the population; in comparison, to pensioners accounted for 24.27%. This contrasts with the Italian average of 18.06% (minors) and 19.94% (pensioners). The average age of Udine residents is 47 compared to the Italian average of 42. Between 2002 and 2007, the population of Udine grew by 1.48%, whereas Italy as a whole grew by 3.56

http://demo.istat.it/bil2007/index.html] The current birth rate of Udine is 9.13 births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9.45 births. The nearby area close to the border has a Slovenes, Slovene population estimated at about 2,000. A 1475 document mentions Slovene as the language of the "lower class" in the town, and the Udine Manuscript of 1458 contains Slovene vocabulary. Alasia da Sommaripa's Italian–Slovenian dictionary was printed in Udine in 1607. However, the Slovenian minority is not officially recognized by the municipality, and Slovene is not taught in any city's state educational institution, nor in neighboring municipalities. Udine, on the other hand, is one of the municipalities in Friuli where Friulian is taught. , 90.90% of the population was of Italian descent. The largest immigrant group came from other European nations (particularly Albania and Romania), at 5.37%, followed by

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(mostly from Ghana), 1.65%, and North Africa, 0.77%.

Government

Main sights

The old residence of the patriarchs of Aquileia, the ''palazzo Patriarcale'', was erected by Giovanni Fontana in 1517 in place of the older one destroyed by an earthquake in 1511. Under the Austrians it was used as a prison. A recension of the Visigothic code of laws, called the Breviary of Alaric, was formerly preserved In the cathedral archives, in a manuscript known as the ''Codex Utinensis'', which was printed before it was lost. In the 1550s, Andrea Palladio erected some buildings in Udine. The ''Oratorio della Purità'' has 18th-century frescoes by

Giambattista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an import ...

and his son Giandomenico. The church dedicated to St. Mary of the Castle is probably the oldest in Udine, judging from extant fragments dating back to the Lombard era. It lost its parish status in 1263, when it was annexed to the larger parish of Saint'Odorico (now the cathedral). It has been renovated many times over the centuries: the façade, for example, was entirely rebuilt after the

1511 Idrija earthquake The 1511 Idrija earthquake ( sl, Idrijski potres) occurred on March 26 with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). The epicenter was around the town of Idrija in present-day Slovenia, although some place it some 15-20 kilometers to the ...

. Its three naves preserve the suggestive atmosphere of silence and contemplation, which is often found in old churches. The Venetian Governor, Tommaso Lippomano, commissioned the Venetian Gothic

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

with steps and ramps leading down the hill in 1487. In the principal square ( Piazza della Libertà) stands the town hall (''Loggia del Lionello'') built in 1448–1457 in the Venetian-Gothic style opposite a clock tower (Torre dell'Orologio) resembling that of the Piazza San Marco at

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

. It was begun in 1448 on a project by

Nicolò Lionello Nicolò () is an Italian male given name. Another variation is Niccolò, most common in Tuscany. It may refer to: * Nicolò Albertini, statesman * Nicolò Amati, luthier * Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer * Nicolò Barattieri, Italian enginee ...

, a local goldsmith, and was rebuilt following a fire in 1876. The new design was projected by the architect

Andrea Scala 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 ...

. Opposite the Loggia del Lionello is the Loggia di San Giovanni, a Renaissance structure designed by Bernardino da Morcote. Other noteworthy monuments in the square are the Fountain by Giovanni Carrara, an architect from Bergamo (1542); the Columns bearing the Venetian Lion and the Statue of Justice (1614), the statues of Hercules and Cacus and the Statue of Peace (1819) which was donated to Udine by Emperor

Francis I Francis I or Francis the First may refer to: * Francesco I Gonzaga (1366–1407) * Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414–1450), reigned 1442–1450 * Francis I of France (1494–1547), King of France, reigned 1515–1547 * Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lau ...

to commemorate the peace

Treaty of Campoformido The Treaty of Campo Formio (today Campoformido) was signed on 17 October 1797 (26 Vendémiaire VI) by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Philipp von Cobenzl as representatives of the French Republic and the Austrian monarchy, respectively. The treat ...

. The Cathedral of Udine is an imposing edifice whose construction started in 1236, on a Latin cross-shaped plan with three naves and chapels along the sides. The church was consecrated in 1335 as ''Santa Maria Maggiore''. At the beginning of the 18th century a radical transformation project involving both the exterior and the interior was undertaken at the request and expense of the Manin family. The Baroque interior has monumental dimensions and contains many works of art by Tiepolo,

Amalteo Amalteo is the name of an Italian family belonging to Oderzo, Treviso, several members of whom were distinguished in literature. The best known are three brothers, Geronimo (1507–1574), Giambattista (d. 1573) and Cornelio (1530–1603), whose Lat ...

, and

Ludovico Dorigny Ludovico Dorigny (1654 – 17 October 1742) was a French painter and engraver. Trained in his native country, he spent most of his life and career in Verona, Italy. Life and career Born Louis Dorigny into a family of Parisian artists, Dorign ...

. On the ground floor of the bell tower (built from 1441 over the ancient baptistry) is a chapel which is completely adorned with frescoes by

Vitale da Bologna 250px, ''St. George and the Dragon'' Vitale da Bologna (–1360), also known as Vitale di Aymo de' Cavalli or Vitale degli Equi, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He is a representative of the 14th century school of painting ...

(1349). The centre of Udine is dominated by the

castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

, built by the Venetians from 1517 over a Lombard fortification ruined by an earthquake in 1511. The current Renaissance appearance dates from the intervention of Giovanni da Udine, who finished the works starting from 1547. The castle houses one of the most ancient Parliament Halls of Europe.

Other points of interest

Orto Botanico Friulano The Orto Botanico Friulano is a botanical garden at a location variously described as near the Istituto Tecnico per Geometri on Viale Leonardo da Vinci, or Via Urbanis, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The garden was established in 1951 and c ...

, a botanical garden *

Parco Botanico Friulano "Cormor" The Parco Botanico Friulano "Cormor", also known as the Parco del Cormor or Parco Botanico del Cormôr, is a municipal park and botanical garden located in Udine, Friuli, Italy. The park was created 1990–93 by architect Roberto Pirzio Birol ...

, a park and botanical garden *

Tempio Ossario dei Caduti d'Italia The Tempio Ossario ai Caduti d'Italia is a church built in 1931 in Udine, in north-eastern Italy. The architects who realised the project are Limongelli and Gino Valle. Description In front of the facade there are four sculptures: a member in t ...

, 1931 church

Culture

Udine has a university, the

University of Udine The University of Udine (Italian ''Università degli Studi di Udine'') is a university in the city of Udine, Italy. It was founded in 1978 as part of the reconstruction plan of Friuli after the earthquake in 1976. Its aim was to provide the Friul ...

. The archbishop's palace and the Museo Civico have quite important paintings. The city has a theater, the Teatro Giovanni da Udine. Important festivals include the wine-and-food September festival, Friuli D.O.C., the national literary prize for non-fiction

Premio Friuli Storia The Premio Friuli Storia (Friuli Book Prize for Contemporary History) is an annual Italian literary award established in 2013 to promote standards of excellence in the writing of history books for a general readership. It is the only national Italia ...

and the biggest European festival of popular East Asian cinema, the Far East Film Festival, in April. Asteroid

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was named in honour of the city. Along with Italian, Friulian is often spoken in Udine, as well as a variant of

Venetian Venetian often means from or related to: * Venice, a city in Italy * Veneto, a region of Italy * Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area Venetian and the like may also refer to: * Venetian language, a Romance language s ...

(called Venetin) that is however in decline.

Museums

* ''Civici musei e gallerie di storia e arte'' (since 1906) with Museo Archeologico, Galleria d'Arte Antica, Galleria dei Disegni e delle Stampa, Museo Friulano della Fotografia, Fototeca e Collezioni Risorgimentali * ''Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea'' *

Museo etnografico del Friuli Museo may refer to: * Museo, 2018 Mexican drama heist film *Museo (Naples Metro) Museo is a station on line 1 of the Naples Metro. It was opened on 5 April 2001 as the eastern terminus of the section of the line between Vanvitelli and Museo. O ...

(Palazzo Giacomelli) * ''Gallerie del Progetto'' * ''

Museo del Duomo di Udine Museo may refer to: * Museo, 2018 Mexican drama heist film *Museo (Naples Metro) Museo is a station on line 1 of the Naples Metro. It was opened on 5 April 2001 as the eastern terminus of the section of the line between Vanvitelli and Museo. O ...

'' * ''Museo diocesano e gallerie del Tiepolo''

Economy

Udine is important for commerce, with several commercial centers in the hinterland. There are also iron and mechanical industries (

Danieli Danieli Group () is an Italian supplier of equipment and physical plants to the metal industry. The company is based in Buttrio, in the north-east of Italy ( Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region). It is one of the world leaders in the production of s ...

and ABS are the most important).

Transport

With 7,600,000 travelling people every year,

Udine railway station Udine railway station ( it, Stazione di Udine) serves the city and ''comune'' of Udine, in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeastern Italy. Opened in 1860, it is a junction of five lines, to Venice, Trieste, Tarvisio, Cervign ...

is the most important station in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Train services operate to

, Treviso, Trieste, Gemona del Friuli, Tarvisio, Cividale del Friuli, Padua, Bologna, Rome, Verona and Milan. International trains operate to Vienna and Munich.

Gallery

File:Udine casa veneziana gotica.jpg,

house File:Duomo di udine, esterno 01.JPG, Facade of Udine Cathedral File:The Duomo.jpg, Udine Cathedral File:Udine Chiesa di San Francesco.jpg, Chiesa di San Francesco File:Udine San Giacomo 03.jpg, Piazza San Giacomo File:Udine-PortaManin.jpg, Porta Manin File:Udine-PortaAquileia.jpg, Porta

File:Udine Via Mercatovecchio 01.jpg, Via Mercatovecchio File:Udine, palazzo florio 01.JPG,

File:L’Angelo del campanile della Chiesa di Santa Maria di Castello di Udine.JPG, The Angel of the steeple of the Church of Santa Maria di Castello di Udine

Sport

The main

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club in the city is Udinese Calcio, founded in 1896, who, as of 2021, have played in every Serie A season since the 1995–96 season. Their ground, the

Stadio Friuli The Stadio Friuli (known for sponsorship reasons as Dacia Arena) is an all-seater football stadium in Udine, Italy, and the home of Serie A club Udinese. The stadium was built in 1976 and has a capacity of 25,144. It is sponsored by Romanian ca ...

, was a venue at the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...

. The local basketball team, APU GSA, played in the second national league, the LegaDue.

Notable people

Luigi De Agostini Luigi De Agostini (; born 7 April 1961) is an Italian former football defender, primarily in the role of an attacking full-back or winger on the left flank, although he was also capable of playing in several other positions both in defence an ...

(born 1961), footballer *

Afro Basaldella Afro Libio Basaldella (March 4, 1912 – July 24, 1976) was an Italian painter and educator in the post-World War II period. He began as a member of the Scuola Romana, and worked together with Alberto Burri and Lucio Fontana. He was generally kn ...

(1912–1976), painter * Giuseppe Battiston (born 1968), actor * Enzo Bearzot, (1927–2010), national football trainer *

Mario Benedetti Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia (; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being publish ...

, (1955–2020), poet *

Girolamo di Bernardino Girolamo di Bernardino or Girolamo da Bernardino (active around 1506) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. A painter of the Venice, Venetian school and a pupil of Pellegrino da San Daniele, he is known primarily for a small picture of ...

, 16th-century painter of frescoes * Bernardino Blaceo, 16th-century painter *

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(born 1979), boxer *

Sebastiano Bombelli Sebastiano Bombelli (October 1635; 4 May 1719) was an Italian painter, mainly active in Venice, during the Baroque period. Biography He was born in Udine on 14 or 15 October 1635 (baptized on the 15th), educated and trained under the guidance ...

(1635-1719), Baroque and Rococò painter *

José Bragato José Bragato (12 October 1915 – 18 July 2017) was an Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist who, in his early career, was principal cellist in the Colón Theatre orchestra in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

, (1915–2017), cellist and composer * Carlo Caneva (1845–1922), major general *

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(born 1989), blues rock musician. * Luca Carlevarijs, (1663–1730), painter *

Elena Cecchini Elena Cecchini (born 25 May 1992) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence. Career In 2013 and 2014, she rode for the team. In November 201 ...

(born 1992), cyclist * Davide Cecotti (born 1973), professional football player * Andrea Centazzo (born 1948), drummer and composer * Bruno Chizzo (1916–1969), footballer * Giovanni da Udine, (1487–1564), painter (Renaissance) *

Raimondo D'Aronco Raimondo Tommaso D’Aronco (1857–1932) was an Italian people, Italian architect renowned for his building designs in the style of Art Nouveau. He was the chief palace architect to the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II in Istanbul f ...

, (1857–1932), architect * Mario David (1934–2005), football player and coach. *

Alfredo Foni Alfredo Foni (; 20 January 1911 – 28 January 1985) was an Italian footballer in the 1930s and later on a coach, who played as a defender. He is one of only four players to have won both an Olympic gold medal and the FIFA World Cup with the It ...

(1911–1985), football player and coach. *

Fabio Frittelli Fabio Frittelli (24 July 1966 – 6 February 2013), better known by his pseudonym Mo-Do, was an Italian musician. Mo-Do appeared in the 1990s as an Italian electronic music act. Although Mo-Do was Italian, his songs were in German. History Or ...

, (1966–2013), better known by his pseudonym

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, an Italian musician * Massimo Giacomini, (born 1939), former footballer and sports commentator *

Andrea Chiopris Gori Andrea Chiopris Gori (born 17 December 1977) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played his last professional championship for Serie C2 team Unione Sportiva Poggibonsi. In 2012, he closed his career in the Italian amat ...

, (born 1977), former footballer *

Francesco Janich Francesco Janich (; 27 March 1937 – 2 December 2019) was an Italian footballer who played as a sweeper. Club career During his club career, Janich played for Atalanta (1956–58), Lazio (1958–61), and Bologna (1961–72) in Serie A, as well ...

(1937–2019), footballer *

Dalila Di Lazzaro Dalila Di Lazzaro (born 29 January 1953) is an Italian model, actress and writer. Life and career Born in Udine, Di Lazzaro started as a fashion model and was the subject of famous photographers such as Andy Warhol. She then gained attention i ...

(born 1953), actress and model *

Ernesto Lomasti Ernesto Luigi Lomasti (29 October 1959 – 12 June 1979) was an Italian mountaineer and alpino skier. He is regarded as one of the Italian pioneers of climbing as a sport. He died during training in the Valle d'Aosta, Arnad, in the local al ...

, (1959–1979), mountaineer *

Guido Macor Guido Macor (October 4, 1932 – February 27, 2024) was an Italian professional Association football, footballer. References

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, (born 1932), retired footballer *

Fabio Masotti Fabio Masotti (born 3 June 1974 in Udine) is an Italian amateur road and track cyclist. He has claimed four Italian national championship titles in track cycling (madison, and points race), and later represented his nation Italy at the 2008 Sum ...

(born 1974), cyclist *

Alberto Mazzucato Alberto Mazzucato (28 July 1813 – 31 December 1877) was an Italian composer, music teacher, and writer. Mazzucato was born in Udine. Trained at the Padua Conservatory, he composed eight operas between 1834 and 1843, of which his most succes ...

(1813–1877), composer and music teacher * Tina Modotti (1896–1942), photographer, actress, revolutionary *

Francesco Pavona Francesco Pavona (c. 1695, Udine - c. 1777 Venice) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was peripatetic, and became best known throughout Europe for pastel portraits, similar in style to Rosalba Carriera. Pavona first studied in Udi ...

(1695–1777), Baroque painter *

Daniele Petri Daniele Petri (born 3 September 1980), also known as "Pedro", is an Italian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2021, he played in the PDC Q-School. Early life Petri has stated that he first b ...

(born 1980), Italian darts player *

Nicola Pezzetta Nicola Pezzetta (born 1963) is an Italian artist from Udine. While completing architectural studies at the Polytechnic University of Milan, Politecnico in Milan, Pezzetta started participating in international exhibitions in the early 1990s, showi ...

(born 1963), artist and architect * Luigi Pio Tessitori, (1887–1919), indologist, linguist * Alessandro Piu (born 1996), footballer * Bruno Pizzul, (born 1938), sports journalist and footballer * Bruno Sacco (born 1933), car designer * Alessia Tuttino (born 1983), footballer *

Elena Valentinis Elena Valentinis (1396 - 23 April 1458) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the tertiaries of the Order of Saint Augustine. Valentinis was born to nobles and married a knight during her adolescence while mothering six children b ...

(1396–1458), Roman Catholic

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professed religious *

Glauco Venier Glauco Venier (born 8 September 1962) is an Italian jazz pianist and composer. Life and career Venier was born in Sedegliano, Udine on 8 September 1962. He "graduated in organ and composition from the Udine Conservatory in 1985, then took privat ...

(born 1962), jazz pianist and composer *

Giuseppe Virgili Giuseppe Virgili (; 24 July 1935 – 10 June 2016) was an Italian footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Udine, Virgili played for Udinese, Fiorentina, Torino, Bari, Livorno and Taranto at club level. International career Virgil ...

(1935–2016), Italian footballer (striker) * Alessandro Zanni, (born 1984), rugby union player

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Udine is twinned with: * Albacete, Spain * Esslingen am Neckar, Germany *

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, Slovenia * Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom *

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, Netherlands * Vienne, France * Villach, Austria * Windsor, Canada * Yaoundé, Cameroon

Friendship

* Bikaner, India * Klagenfurt, Austria * Óbuda-Békásmegyer, Hungary * Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland * Resistencia, Argentina * Velenje, Slovenia

References

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