Nimis ( sl, Neme) is a town and ''

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'' in the

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, north-eastern

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, near the border with

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. It is located at the foot of Mount Bernadia, home to a

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Italian fort and a sweet white wine called

Ramandolo Ramandolo is a sweet white Italian wine from the village of the same name which is situated in the hills near Nimis in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia wine region of northeast Italy. It is made from a local variety of the Verduzzo grape. Since 2001, Ra ...

. The town is bordered by the ''comuni'' of

Attimis Attimis ( fur, Atimis, german: Attems, sl, Ahten) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northeast of Udine. Attimis borders the fol ...

Lusevera Lusevera ( sl, Bardo; fur, Lusevare) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about north of Udine, on the border with Slovenia, and borders the f ...

Povoletto Povoletto ( Friulian: ''Paulêt'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northeast of Udine. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population ...

Reana del Rojale Reana del Rojale ( fur, Reane dal Roiâl) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about north of Udine Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) ...

Taipana Taipana ( sl, Tipana; fur, Taipane) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italy, Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northeast of Udine, on the border with Slovenia. As of ...

, and

Tarcento Tarcento ( fur, Tarcint, sl, Čenta) is a small city, having become a city officially when the church was given back its rank of Duomo, cathedral, and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Udine, in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of north ...

. According to the 1971 census, 25.4% of the population are

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, 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 Slavia Friulana, which means Friulian Slavia ( sl, Beneška Slovenija), is a small mountainous region in northeastern Italy and it is so called because of its Slavic population which settled here in the 8th century AD. The territory is located in ...

. 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

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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 The ''History of the Lombards'' or the ''History of the Langobards'' ( la, Historia Langobardorum) is the chief work by Paul the Deacon, written in the late 8th century. This incomplete history in six books was written after 787 and at any rate ...

''. During

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, 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 Consortium

Mountain Community Photogalley

Italianmade.com
Article on Ramandolo wine
Cities and towns in Friuli-Venezia Giulia {{FriuliVeneziaGiulia-geo-stub