camper f Piazza della Resistenza P.tta EMERGENCY NUMBERS San Biagio i HOW AND WHERE HOW u Castelmonte m Slovenia Health Emergency: 118 Colli Orientali del Friuli: tourist map and guide to the territory the to guide and map tourist Friuli: del Orientali Colli e N 08 a Via P. Zorutti Carabinieri: 112 t i s o TARCENTO AND THE TORRE VALLEYS TORRE THE AND TARCENTO n e Police: 113 Municipal Police: +39 0432 710220 Borgo Brossana CIVIDALE DEL FRIULI AND THE NATISONE VALLEYS NATISONE THE AND FRIULI DEL CIVIDALE Gorizia - Aereoporto Fire Brigade: 115 04 Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police): 117 Piazza Breakdown service: 803116 San Nicolò Via Scipione da Manzano Via Michele della Torre Via Montenero Via del Monastero Maggiore 07 P.tta Via del Monastero Maggiore Chiarottini PUBLIC TRANSPORT The Natisone Stretta T. Cerchiari Stretta S. M. di Corte Via Borgo di Ponte SAF toll free number: 800 915 303 03 www.saf.ud.it Piazza S. Giovanni Valleys Pulfero P.tta Str.ta delle Giudaica 02 06 Zorutti FUC - Ferrovie Udine Cividale Piazza Duomo 05 ti C. Gallo NATURE AND TRADITIONS CAVES AND BEARS ot tel +39 0432 731032 nd a C V Via Patriarcato 01 . i a B . www.ferrovieudinecividale.it S a G Via Cavour n a i Piazzetta L V Stretta J. Stellini Garibaldi a APT GORIZIA toll free number: 800 955 957 z rso Paolino D’Aquileia z C o a r o www.aptgorizia.it In green surroundings, it is one of the most impor- of Antro, an administrative unit that was originally ino The Natisone valleys link Cividale del Friuli to the valley of the Isonzo river in Slovenia and are tant centres of the valleys and provides visitors with subject to the Lombard king, then to the patriarch of nt le a Piazza V L a n a S Paolo Diacono formed by the Natisone river and by its tributaries, such as the Alberone, the Cosizza and the Erbezzo a network of easy paths and itineraries to be able to Aquileia and, finally, to the doge of Venice. In Biacis tta r USEFUL NUMBERS re St Corso Mazzini g i o discover its natural and artistic richness. The histori- a tower of the castle of Ahrensperg, which together S B tr. Hospital of Cividale First Aid t a M o ont cal importance of the territory of Pulfero dates back with the cave of Antro formed a defence system, is i a InformationUfficio Informazioni Office e via Santa Chiara - tel +39 0432 708245 di i P n ie The valleys are dominated by Mount Matajur (1641 m), pleasant shadow on summer days. The valleys were to the Lombard age, when it belonged to the Gastald still visible. t à . Via A. Ristori S t Croce Rossa Italiana (Italian Red Cross) r Aree di parcheggio e Parking Areas t t a pt the symbol of this territory. The altitude of the mounts, chosen by men as an ideal place to live already during B . Provincial operations centre D e Piazza Via Carlo Alberto R Ufficio postale San Francesco pt which do not exceed 1100 metres, the several country the Palaeolithic and the Neolithic periods due to u Post office Cave of San Giovanni d’Antro and St. John’s Church b pt via Sabbadini, 12 Udine - tel +39 0432 531531 e i s Stretta Tomadini Foro Giulio Cesare roads connecting the valleys, the nature paths in the their particular natural environment; later they were Chiese e luoghi di culto Carabinieri: via Gallina, 16 P.zza Terme Churches and worship places Via Canussio Romane woods and the presence of watercourses make the colonized by the Romans, by the Lombards and by The most important monument in the length of which, explored so the Slovenian school. The statues, tel +39 0432 706300 Musei, edifici storici e monumenti s Museums, historic buildings Natisone valleys a place suitable for nature walks, the Slavic populations, whose uses and traditions Pulfero is the cave of San Giovanni far, exceeds four kilometres. In- attributed to Giovanni Martini’s Via IX Agosto 1509 s nu uli and monuments Town Hall: corso Paolino d’Aquileia, 2 Via della Conciliazione M Via A. Manzoni Piazza Diaz i de ta MONUMENTI SEGNALATI mountain bike tours, horse rides and sport fishing. still characterize the life and the culture of the valley d’Antro, interesting not only from side it were found bones of extinct workshop, can be dated back to ret St TOP01 Duomo MONUMENTS tel +39 0432 710100 0102 MuseoCathedral Cristiano e Tesoro del Duomo The Natisone river, with its emerald-green waters, dwellers. the natural point of view, but also vertebrates of the Quaternary pe- the sixteenth century. 0203 MuseoChristian Archeologico Museum Nazionale Municipal Police: Piazzetta Chiarottini, 2 Piazza 04 Monastero di Santa Maria in Valle and Treasure of the Cathedral provides its visitors with surprising views and from the historical, artistic and riod, such as the Ursus Spaeleus. Dante e Tempietto Longobardo tel +39 0432 710220 0305 PonteNational del Archaeological Diavolo Museum 0406 IpogeoMonastery Celtico of Santa Maria in Valle religious point of view. From the Interesting at the entrance of the Info: 07 Casaand Lombard Medievale Temple Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police): Piazza A.Picco Via Borgo 0508 BoscoDevil’s RomagnoBridge (fuori mappa) S. Pietro town of Antro, with a few minutes’ cave, St. John’s chapel, built in 06 Celtic Hypogeum via Matajur 1 - tel +39 0432 731112 hamlet of Antro Staz. FFSS 07 Medieval House walk you will reach the steps that 1477, some fresco fragments and 08 Romagno Wood (Out of the map) tel +39 0432 709065 Autostazione Stretta Scuole Breakdown service - A.C.I.: www.aci.it Udine lead to the entrance of the cave, the 17th-century giltwood altar of www.comune.pulfero.ud.it Village of Bears - Stupizza The Visitor Centre of the “Village of of big carnivores. Moreover, a wor- families to have a great time in a Bears” is a mini-museum mana- kshop allows children and adults splendid natural setting. ged by the University of Udine, set to learn everything on the tracks up to let people get to know bears of the animals of our woods. It is Info: and the other big carnivores that possible to visit the reconstruc- hamlet of Stupizza live in the wildest and most char- tion of a bear’s den and to watch www.uniud.it/villaggioorsi ming areas of Friuli Venezia Giulia videos and images of these fasci- [email protected] and of Slovenia (lynx and wolf). In nating animals in nature. Outside a room you will find a permanent the playground, inspired by the exhibition, set up with panels, on movements of big carnivores, and biology, ecology and on the habits the picnic area allow children and AUSTRIA AUSTRIA Cividale del Friuli - Unesco World Heritage Site Arta Terme Tarvisio A23 01 Cathedral Tolmezzo Dolomiti Friulane Gemona del Friuli SLOVENIA The building, started in 1457, has Tarcento Europa reached its present aspect with the following interventions over the San Daniele Cividale Piancavallo del Friuli del Friuli Regione Spilimbergo Friuli Venezia Giulia centuries. It preserves one of the UDINE SLOVENIA Palù di Livenza masterpieces of the Italian medieval PORDENONE Italia goldsmith’s art “The silver altarpie- Grimacco Palmanova GORIZIA A28 ce of Pilgrim II” that stands out on A4 Cividale TREVISO Aeroporto FVG A4 Ronchi dei Legionari the high altar. Every year the rite of Aquileia the Mass of the Broadsword takes and Drenchia VENEZIA Prepotto del Friuli place on Epiphany. RURAL ARCHITECTURE SLOVENIA Lignano Grado TRIESTE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND CONTEMPORARY ART VINEYARDS AND PATHS OF THE SPIRIT Sabbiadoro Info: corso Paolino d’Aquileia tel +39 0432 730403 - Aquileia - - Dolomiti Friulane - - Cividale del Friuli - - Palù di Livenza - [email protected] NIO M NIO M NIO M IO M Among the hamlets of the municipality of Prepotto cies of vine typical of the valley of the Judrio river; this O U O U O U N U Grimacco Drenchia N O lies, with its numerous hamlets, in the up- Near Grimacco is , which provides extremely N N N IM D IM D IM D IM D R I R I R I R T A T A T A T IA A L A L A L A L • • P • P P • P • • • • W W W W L L L L O O O O A A A A I I I I R R R R st D D D L D L L L D D N D D N N N H O H O H O H O Founded in the 1 century B.C. by Julius Caesar with the name of Forum Julii, from which the name those of Codromaz and Berda are recovered gems incomparable wine is part of the family of the Ribolle E M E M E M M per Cosizza valley, in an unspoilt environment that, charming landscapes and some walks in the places E R E R E R E R I IT I I E TA IN A IN TA IN T IN 02 Christian Museum and Treasure of the Cathedral G O G O G O A E • G O E • PATRIM PATRIM E • PATRIM E • PATRIM United Nations Archaeological Area and United Nations The Dolomites United Nations Longobards in Italy. United Nations Prehistoric Pile dwellings Friuli derives, in 568 A.D. it became the capital of the first Lombard duchy in Italy and afterwards, since ancient times, has been the meeting point of where people fought during the Battle of Caporetto; of rural architecture.