The capital of mediaeval Friuli, its oldest history is intertwined with the legend of Attila who built the castle hill that still dominates the historic centre and is an ideal starting point for visiting the city.

Leaving the complex behind and crossing the Bollani Arch, built to a design by Palladio in 1556, one enters the beautiful setting of Piazza Libertà: the heart of the city, repeatedly described as ‘the most beautiful Venetian square on dry land’.
Here are the city’s most important monuments, vestiges of a Venetian past that began in 1420 and ended in the late 18th century.

Across Via Mercatovecchio, the city’s most characteristic axis, we reach Piazza Matteotti, ‘a square of lived life’, which has always been the site of markets and in the past of tournaments, shows and executions.

Passing in front of the Art Nouveau-style Palazzo del Comune, built between 1910 and 1931, you reach the Duomo, the imposing Latin-cross building that houses several works of art by GianBattista Tiepolo.

Next to the cathedral, in the small Oratorio della Purità, dating from 1757, one can admire The Assumption, one of Tiepolo’s greatest masterpieces.

The town’s pride and joy is also the Casa Cavazzini, an elegant venue for modern and contemporary art exhibiting, among others, the works of the Basaldella brothers.

Udine represents the geographical centre of a region that boasts 8 DOC and 3 DOCG zones, for a highly respectable wine production.
A tradition honoured in the numerous historic inns in the centre where you can also taste local gastronomic specialities.