(‘friuli venezia giulia’ ([friˈuːli veˈnɛttsja ˈdʒuːlja]; friulian: friûl–vignesie julie, slovene: furlanija–julijska krajina, german: friaul–julisch venetien) is one of the 20 regions of ‘italy’, and 1 of 5 ‘autonomous regions’ with ‘special statute’)
(the capital is ‘trieste’)
(note that ‘venezia’ (i.e. ‘venice’) is not in this region, despite the name)
(it has an area of 7,858 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants)
(a natural opening to the sea for many ‘central european countries’, the region is traversed by the major transport routes between the ‘east’ and ‘west’ of ‘southern europe’)
(it encompasses the ‘historical-geographical region’ of ‘friuli’ and a small portion of the historical region of ‘venezia giulia’ (known in ‘english’ also as ‘julian march), each with its own distinct ‘history’, ‘traditions’, and ‘identity’)
(the name of the region was spelled ‘friuli–venezia giulia’ until ‘2001’, when, in connection with a modification of ‘article nr. 116’ of the ‘italian constitution’, the official spelling friuli venezia giulia was adopted)
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