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Its mountains, canyons, beaches and lagoons make it one of Italy’s most beautiful and varied landscapes, but few people – and that includes Italians – know anything about it.
Perhaps because it’s tucked away on the country’s northeastern border with Slovenia and Austria, perhaps because of a history of invasions, including the Austro-Hungarian empire, or perhaps because of the many languages spoken by locals, it barely seems like part of Italy.
But although Friuli Venezia Giulia stretches from the snow-capped Alpine reaches of the Dolomites to the sun-kissed…
