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Visiting Udine
The ideal starting point to visit the town is the hill where the castle is. There are many legends about both the hill itself and the castle; the most intriguing of which tells how the soldiers of Attila the Hun, transported soil in their helmets to built a hill which allowed their ferocious commander to feast his eyes upon the sight of Aquileia burning in the distance.
The castle was the residence of chamberlains, patriarchs and Venetian governors over the centuries. The castle that exists today was built on the site of the one destroyed in 1511 earthquake and has just been restored as it was seriously damaged by another recent earthquake (1976) .Inside the castle there is the remarkable is the Hall of Parliament of the sovereign State of Friuli where Giambattista Tiepolo, G.B. Grassi and Pomponio Amalteo worked. The Gallery of Art can be found on the first floor.
Turning away from the castle and going beyond the Bollani Arch, projected by Andrea Palladio (1556), the visitor is met by the splendid view of Piazza Libertà, the heart of Udine.This magnificent square is frequently referred to as "the most beautiful Venetian square on mainland". The most important sights of the city are to be found here; the remains of a Venetian past that began in 1420 and lasted until the end of the 18th century.
The most outstanding element of the square is undoubtely the famous "Loggia del Lionello" with its alternating pink and white stone. It was begun in 1448 on a project by Nicolò Lionello, a local goldsmith, and was rebuilt following a terrible fire in 1876. The new design was projected by the architect Andrea Scala. Opposite the Loggia del Lionello is the Loggia di San Giovanni, a Renaissance structure undertaken by Bernardino da Morcote. Other noteworthy monuments in the square are the Fountain designed by Giovanni Carrara, an architect from Bergamo (1542); the Columns bearing the Venetian Lion and the Statue of Justice (1614), the statues of Hercules and Cacus and the Statue of Peace (1819) which was donated to Udine by Emperor Franz I to commemorate the infamous Treaty of Campoformido by the criminal Napoleon.
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Maurizioago Mon Mar 13, 2006 18:28 UTC
Very interesting kind of accomodation. Ci vieni a Marbella? Non ci sono italiani prenotati finora, a parte il divino G. Ciao! | jenniferchin Mon Nov 7, 2005 11:31 UTC
Ciao ! You shifted ? Hope all is good with you :-) |
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