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Udine was the historical starting-point for a route over the Saifnitz or Pontebba Pass to Villach by way of Pontebba and Tarvisio. It lay on the Roman route of the Via Julia Augusta, but there is no sign of Roman occupation. In the 1230s the seat of the patriarchate of Aquileia was transferred to Udine. That gave its Romanesque cathedral new prominence. The old residence of the patriarchs of Aquileia was erected by Giovanni Fontana in 1517 in place of the older one destroyed by an earthquake in 1511. Under the Austrians it was used as a prison. In the cathedral archives was formerly preserved a recast of the Visigothic code of laws in a manuscript known as the Codex Utinensis, which was fortunately printed before it was lost. (See Breviary of Alaric).
Udine has a University. The archbishop's palace and the Museo Civico have paintings.
In 1420 Udine became part of Venetian territory. In the 1550s Andrea PalladioI Quattro Libri dell'Architettura" Andrea Palladio ( November 30, 1508 1580) was an architect born in Padua, Italy. Apprenticed as a stonecutter in Padua when he was 13, he broke his contract after only 18 months and fled to the nearby town of Vicenza. erected some buildings in Udine. The church of S.Maria della Purita has 18th-century frescoes by Giovanni Battista TiepoloGiovanni Battista Tiepolo ( March 5, 1696 March 27, 1770) was a Venetian painter. His work was strongly influenced by the Venetian artists Paolo Veronese. His works include The Institution of the Rosary (1737-9), ceiling frescos in the palace of the Archb and his son Domenico. In the principal square (Piazza della Libertà) stands the town hall (Loggia di Lionello) built in 1448-1457 in the Venetian-Gothic style opposite a clock tower (Torre dell’Orologio) resembling that of the Piazza San Marco at Venice.
The Treaty of Campo FormioThe Treaty of Campo Formio was signed on October 17, 1797 (26 Vendemiaire, Year VI of the French Republic) by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Ludwig von Cobenzl as representatives of France and Austria. It marked the collapse of the First Coalition, the vict ( 1796Events Edward Jenner develops vaccination, using cowpox to protect against smallpox February 1 The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York March 9 Widow Josephine de Beauharnais marries General Napoleon Bonaparte. March 30 Carl Gauss obtained) was signed in a village that lies about 5 miles west of Udine. The textile industry has been important for Udine.
See also Giovanni Martini da Udine , the High Renaissance architect who worked in Rome was a pupil of Raphael.