Friuli

/ (Italian friˈuːli) /

noun

a historic region of SW Europe, between the Carnic Alps and the Gulf of Venice: the W part (Venetian Friuli) was ceded by Austria to Italy in 1866 and Eastern Friuli in 1919; in 1947 Eastern Friuli (except Gorizia) was ceded to Yugoslavia

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I felt a strong desire to reach Friuli, and to kiss the hands of my unhappy father.

The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first |Count Carlo Gozzi
He was obliged to preach against them, in Friuli, a crusade with Holy Land indulgences.

A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II |Henry Charles Lea
He was born in the district of Pordenone, in the Friuli, about the year 1286.

The Lives of the Saints, Volume 1 (of 16) |Sabine Baring-Gould
Up to 1499 Friuli was invaded seven times in thirty years by the Turks.

The Venetian School of Painting |Evelyn March Phillipps

Mercury-Mines in Friuli, and the way of getting it out of the earth, 2.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 |Various

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