Aquileia, Province of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, Italy


🇮🇹 Aquileia is an ancient Roman city in Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about 10 km (6 mi) from the sea, on the river Natiso (modern Natisone), the course of which has changed somewhat since Roman times. Today, the city is small, but it was large and prominent in classical antiquity as one of the world's largest cities with a population of 100,000 in the 2nd century AD and is one of the main archaeological sites of northern Italy. In late antiquity the city was the first city in the Italian Peninsula to be sacked by Attila the Hun.

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Aquileia has a population of over 3,500 people. Aquileia also forms part of the wider Udine Province which has a population of over 530,849 people.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Aquileia has links with:

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