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capital of the province of the same name, lies at the east end of the north Italian plain in the flood-plain of the River Tagliamento. 98,000 people are residing in Udine. The town is about 40km/25mi from the Adriatic coast and about 20km/12mi from the frontier of the former Yugoslavia. It is the see of an archbishop and a university town. Udine is the economic center of the Friulan plain and popular with shoppers.
History
Udine, the Roman Utina, was from 1238 to 1752 the residence of the Patriarchs of Aquileia (south of Udine on the Adriatic coast), to whom the Emperor Otto II had granted the castle in 983. The town came under Venetian control in 1420. Two of the old town gates, Porta Aquileia and Porta Villalta, have been preserved.
Udine (Friulian: Udin, Slovene: Videm, German: Weiden, Latin: Utinum) is a city in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps (Alpi Carniche), less than 40 km from the Slovenian border. Its population was 99,030 in 2008, and that of its urban area was 174,000.
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.
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. It was begun in 1448 on a project by Nicolò Lionello, a local goldsmith, and was rebuilt following a fire in 1876. The new design was projected by the architect Andrea Scala.
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 center of Udine is dominated by the Castle, built by the Venetians from 1517 over a Lombard fortification ruined by an earthquake in 1511.
Other points of interest
Orto Botanico Friulano, a botanical garden
Parco Botanico Friulano "Cormor", a park and botanical garden
Economy
Udine is important for commerce, there are several commercial centers in the hinterland. There are also iron and mechanical industries.
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