Aquileia

Aquileia
Olee / Acuilee (Friulian)
Comune di Aquileia
The Basilica of Aquileia.
Flag of Aquileia
Coat of arms of Aquileia
Location of Aquileia
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Aquileia is located in Italy
Aquileia
Aquileia
Location of Aquileia in Italy
Aquileia is located in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Aquileia
Aquileia
Aquileia (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
Coordinates: 45°46′11.01″N 13°22′16.29″E / 45.7697250°N 13.3711917°E / 45.7697250; 13.3711917
CountryItaly
RegionFriuli-Venezia Giulia
ProvinceUdine (UD)
FrazioniBeligna, Belvedere, Viola, Monastero
Government
 • MayorEmanuele Zorino
Area
 • Total37.44 km2 (14.46 sq mi)
Elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Population
 (30 April 2017)[2]
 • Total3,302
 • Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
DemonymAquileiesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
33051
Dialing code0431
ISTAT code030004
Patron saintSts. Hermagoras and Fortunatus
Saint dayJuly 12
WebsiteOfficial website
Official nameArchaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
CriteriaCultural: iii, iv, vi
Reference825
Inscription1998 (22nd Session)

Aquileia[note 1] is an ancient Roman city in Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about 10 kilometres (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 (about 3,500 inhabitants), 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[6][7] 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.

It is currently a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Aquileia". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "Aquileia". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  5. ^ Bilingual name of Aquileja – Oglej in: Gemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Herausgegeben von der K.K. Statistischen Zentralkommission. VII. Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland (Triest, Görz und Gradiska, Istrien) (in German). Vienna. 1910.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ The Oxford Classical Dictionary, p. 129, at Google Books
  7. ^ A Brief History of Venice, p. 16, at Google Books


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