Friuli Venezia Giulia, a land of borders. At the far north-eastern part of Italy, encased between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps. Udine and Pordenone with their Venetian influences, the Habsburg legacy of Gorizia and Trieste with the Miramare Castle, one of Italy’s most visited state museums. And still again, the splendid architecture of the Villa Manin of Passariano and the star-shaped city of Palmanova, not to mention the ancient Roman city of Aquileia and the Lombard town of Cividale Lombard, declared UNESCO world heritage cities.