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CIVIDALE DEL FRIULI (anc. Forum Iulii)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 402 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FRIULI (anc. See also:Forum Iulii)  , a See also:town of See also:Venetia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Udine, io m . E. by N. by See also:rail from the town of Udine; 453 ft. above See also:sea-level . Pop . (1901) town, 4143; See also:commune, 9061 . It is situated on the See also:river Natisone, which forms a picturesque See also:ravine here . It contains some interesting See also:relics of the See also:art of the 8th See also:century . The See also:cathedral of the 15th century contains an octagonal See also:marble See also:canopy with sculptures in See also:relief, with a See also:font below it belonging to the 8th century, but altered later . The high See also:altar has a See also:fine See also:silver altar front of 1185 . The museum contains various See also:Roman and Lombard antiquities, and valuable See also:MSS. and See also:works of art in See also:gold, silver and See also:ivory formerly belonging to the cathedral See also:chapter . The small See also:church of S . Maria in See also:Valle belongs to the 8th century, and contains fine decorations in See also:stucco which probably belong to the itth or 12th century . The fine 15th-century See also:Ponte del See also:Diavolo leads to the church of S .

Martino, which contains an altar of the 8th century with reliefs executed by See also:

order of the Lombard See also:king Ratchis . At Cividale were See also:born See also:Paulus Diaconus, the historian of the See also:Lombards in the See also:time of See also:Charlemagne, and the actress See also:Adelaide See also:Ristori (1822-1906) . The Roman town (a See also:municipium) of See also:Forum Iulii was founded either by See also:Julius See also:Caesar or by See also:Augustus, no doubt at the same time as the construction of the Via Iulia See also:Augusta, which passed through Utina (Udine) on its way See also:north . After the decay of See also:Aquileia and Iuiium Carnicum (Zuglio) it became the See also:chief town of the See also:district of See also:Friuli and gave its name to it . The patriarchs of Aquileia resided here from 773 to 1031, when they returned to Aquileia, and finally in 1238 removed to Udine . This last See also:change of See also:residence was the origin of the antagonism between Cividale and Udine, which was only terminated by their surrender to See also:Venice in 1419 and 1420 respectively .

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