Osoppo ( fur, Osôf) is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the

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region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of

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and about northwest 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 ...

. Osoppo borders the following municipalities: Buja, Forgaria nel Friuli,

Gemona del Friuli Gemona del Friuli ( la, Glemona, fur, Glemone, sl, Humin, german: Klemaun) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Udine. Th ...

, Majano, San Daniele del Friuli,

Trasaghis Trasaghis (local fur, Trasagas) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Udine. Trasaghis borders the following municipalit ...

. Osoppo hosts a large fortress (La Fortezza o Rocca di Osoppo), now an historical attraction. It played a large role in the defense of

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against the Austrians in the late 1850s during the time of the Italian

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. It was shortly after one of the main battles at this fortress that Leonardo Andervolti composed his treatise,
Meritorious Champions of Italian Independence
', a eulogy to a mythical figure, Enrico Ulissi.

Twin towns

Osoppo is twinned with: *

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, Austria * Argelato, Italy

References

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Comune of Osoppo
Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia {{FriuliVeneziaGiulia-geo-stub