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Far East Film Festival

is an event dedicated to Asian cinema, and has been called "the richest film festival in Eastern Europe." Is held in Udine in Friuli, in the second half of April since 1999.He is currently the most important European event dedicated to Asian popular cinema.The festival hosts a number of recent productions of Eastern cinema (many in conjunction with the release in Asian or world premiere) and devotes every year retrospective of films from the countries of East and Southeast Asia.The show has an eye for the popular cinema and edited volumes on deepening Eastern cinema. The exhibition is included in the strand "Udine Far East port" includes 3 events, which characterize the relationship of attention of the privileged capital of Friuli in the east of the world.

Udine Ride

is a non-competitive ride that takes place annually and is open to all.The event is famous for being particolarmante entered twice in the Guinness Book of Records with the record of participants, the first time in 1999 in which 33,000 members showed up at the start.The following year, in 2000, 48,015 people took part in the race by beating the previous record.In 2006 it changed its name to UdinBike.

Civic museums and galleries in history and art

is a museum complex owned by the City. Established in 1865 and opened to the public in 1866 at the Palazzo Bartolini, were transferred to the present location of the Castle in 1906.They are hosted at the castle two other museum collections, or the Museo del Risorgimento, which was closed to the public in the sixties and the Friuli Museum of Natural History, seeking a permanent home after several trips, also not open to public. They are part of the Civic Museums also GAMUD and the Ethnographic Museum of Friuli that has found place in the halls of Palazzo Giacomelli Grazzano village will be open to the public in the summer of 2010.

Gallery of Modern Art

is temporarily housed at the Palamostre. The move to new premises in Cavazzini House will be at the end of the restoration in progress (project architect Game Aulenti ) and will complement the Palazzo Morpurgo-Valvason always in Savorgnana.Founded in 1885 by the will of Antonio Marangoni , Udine merchant, the gallery contains over 4,000 works including paintings , graphics ( cartoons ), sculptures , and architectural drawings.The works run through Italian art from the end of the ' nineteenth century to the present day, the current exhibition is developed in 35 rooms.On the occasion of the Friuli earthquake of 1976 some artists Americans donated works that make up the collection FRIAM.In 1983 the gallery purchased the art collection of Maria Luisa Astaldi , founder of the magazine "Ulysses."

Diocesan Museum and Galleries of Tiepolo

was founded in 1963 by Msgr. Zaffoni Joseph, Archbishop of Udine ( 1956 - 1972 ) with the aim to preserve and promote cultural heritage of the ecclesiastical diocese.The first location was the basement of the Museum of the Archbishop's Seminary in the city, but already before the earthquake of 1976 it began its transformation into the Patriarchal Palace, former residence of the patriarchs of Aquileia and then (from 1571 ) of the Archbishops of Udine: This building is princiapli one of the monuments of the city of Friuli.The building was severely damaged by the earthquake, was restored and the museum officially opened to the public on 29 April 1995.The collection includes about 700 works, including frescoes by Giambattista Tiepolo, who decorated several rooms of the palace at the behest of the patriarch Dionisio Dolfin.The museum tour is spread over three levels.

Cormor Park

located along the namesake river, and is also developed in the municipalities of Martock, Campoformido and Pozzuolo del Friuli.The park comprises two areas, one to the north near the fair has an area of 258,765 m2, the area south of the avenue near Venice has an area of 66,759 sqm.The Park Tower, located along the namesake river, and also develops in the municipality of Remanzacco, covers an area of 69,478 sqm.

Liberty Square

is the oldest square in the city of Udine, defined as the most beautiful square in Venetian style on the mainland.It rises in the space below the hill of the Castle.During the centuries has changed its name several times, was known in medieval times as the square of the wine that is traded here.In 1350 there was established the house of the city council and then assumed the name of the town square, then with the arrival of the Venetians in 1500 assumed the name of one of the lieutenants becoming Contarena Square.After the unification of Friuli with the Italy in 1866 was dedicated to Vittorio Emanuele II.It was also a devoted equestrian monument placed in 1886 on the mound in the center of the square, where he remained until 1947, when he was transferred to the Gardens Ricasoli.Just after the Second World War the square acquired its present name.

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