Things to See in Udine | 2 Monuments & Landmarks

All the monuments in Udine

The landmarks and masterpieces worth planning a day around.

The castle of Udine on its green hill above the town

Castello di UdineUdine CastleBronze Age artificial hill, Tiepolo gallery, civic museums, Alps-to-Adriatic viewLegend says Attila's soldiers each dropped a helmetful of earth to raise the hill Udine's castle now crowns, but archaeology tells a truer story: the mound was built artificially during the Bronze Age, three to three and a half thousand years ago, confirmed only by studies published in 2022. The present castle dates to 1517, rebuilt after an earthquake destroyed its predecessor, with exterior decoration contributed by Giovanni da Udine, a pupil of Raphael. Inside, the civic museums combine a picture gallery, an archaeological and numismatic museum, a Risorgimento museum, and galleries of drawings, prints and photography, with works by Tiepolo, who also painted extensively around the city below, among the collection's highlights. From the loggia, the view stretches on clear days from the Alps to the Adriatic.Plan the visit

MonumentLoggia del LionelloVenetian Gothic loggia of 1448, pink and white stone bands, Piazza Libertà centerpiece, rebuilt after an 1876 fireUdine's old town hall looks like it wandered in from Venice, a pink-and-white Gothic loggia raised in 1448 to a design attributed to the goldsmith Nicolò Lionello, after whom it is named. Alternating bands of rose and white stone wrap a ground floor of ten graceful arches, with a central balcony and twin triforas above; a fire gutted the building in 1876, and it was faithfully rebuilt afterward in the same Venetian Gothic style. It anchors Piazza Libertà, often called the most beautiful Venetian-style square outside Venice itself, and now serves as a venue for exhibitions rather than municipal government.

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