The region (also known as Friuli, Friûl Vignesie Julie in Friulian, Furlanija Julijska krajina in Slovenian) with the capital Trieste is located in the north-east of Italy. It borders Austria to the north and Slovenia to the east. The cross-regional landscape of Friuli forms the majority of the region and includes the provinces of Pordenone and Udine, parts of Gorizia (with the exception of Trieste), as well as the province of Belluno and 11 municipalities in the province of Venice in the Veneto region.
The area has always been a contested borderland with changing rule under Rome, Byzantium, Venice and the Habsburg Empire. The Romans founded the colony of Aquilieia in 181 BC. However, they already found a viticulture founded by the Celts and developed it further, as many archaeological finds testify. Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) then extended the area's rule and the name Giulia goes back to him. In 53 BC, he founded the city of Forum Iulii (today's Cividale), from which Friuli emerged.
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