Capital: Trieste
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Where Italy Meets Central Europe
Overview
Friuli-Venezia Giulia sits at the crossroads of Latin, Slavic, and Germanic cultures, creating a unique identity found nowhere else in Italy. Trieste, once the great port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, retains its Habsburg grandeur and famous coffee culture. The region produces world-class white wines in terraced hillside vineyards, while the Carso plateau offers stark limestone landscapes and hidden caves. This is Italy's thoughtful, literary corner.
Highlights
- 01Trieste's grand coffeehouses and literary heritage
- 02Collio wine region, masters of white wine
- 03Aquileia's Roman ruins and early Christian mosaics
- 04The Carso's wild beauty and osmize wine taverns
