Friuli-Venezia Giulia is up in the far north-eastern corner of Italy, on the border with Austria and Slovenia, and has (perhaps too) long considered its location a limitation. Despite appearing somewhat marginalised in relation to the rest of the peninsula, this quiet region, which often finds itself an outsider in the usual Italian disputes, does, in reality, enjoy a prime location. Friuli-Venezia-Giulia is, in fact, at the centre of Europe and represents a crossroads and meeting place for various ethnic and language populations. Surrounded in the north by the Julian Prealps and the Friuli Dolomites and in the south by the Adriatic Sea, this region consists of fields, gentle hills and modestly-sized though clean and perfectly charming towns.
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