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Bar Barbaro
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el cuore della città, lo spirito dell’aperitivo.
Da quando pulsa il Barbaro, in
Piazza San Giacomo circola il buonumore.
Più di un wine bar, non solo caffetteria. Kurti
Fatmir, imprenditore albanese trapiantato da
anni nella nostra regione,
dopo il successo
ottenuto con una catena
di pizzerie al taglio,
punta alla bicchierata
scacciapensieri. Con i
migliori vini del Collio e
uno staff attento e preparato,
invitando la gioventù
udinese ad accomodarsi nel suo locale,
stuzzicando il palato dei turisti in visita con tartine
dal sapore friulano, intrattenendo simpaticamente
i clienti abituali
e ospitando i nuovi avventori.
La proposta di Fatmir è
una stagione ricca di
eventi e di sorprese: feste
universitarie, serate musicali
e tanta allegria, nel
rispetto di una delle più belle piazze d’Italia. Per
chi ha voglia di divertirsi, di rilassarsi e di trascorrere
momenti piacevoli in compagnia, il bar
“Barbaro” è il luogo perfetto. Passaparola
Piazza S. Giacomo 25 - Udine
façade was entirely rebuilt after the 1511 earthquake) but its three
naves maintain the characteristic atmosphere of silence and meditation
of the most ancient churches.
The Gothic-Venetian portico with ramps staircases leading down
towards piazza Libertà was built 1487 on behalf of Venetian lieutenant
Tommaso Lippomano.
Leaving the Castle complex behind the Bollani arch, built to
Palladio’s design in 1566, one reaches beautiful Piazza Libertà,
heart of Udine and defined the “most beautiful Venetian square on
the mainland”. Here there are the most important monuments of
the city, reminders of a Venetian past which started in 1420 and
ended at the end of the 18th century. The main element of the
square is the famous Loggia del Lionello, in alternating white and
pink stone, whose construction started in 1448 to the design of
local goldsmith Nicolò Lionello and which was rebuilt in 1876 to a
design by the architect Andrea Scala after being seriously damaged
in fire. Opposite is the Renaissance Loggia di S. Giovanni, by
Bernardino da Morcote. Other important elements of the piazza are
the fountain built in 1542 to a design by Giovanni Carrara, an
architect from Bergamo, the columns with the Venetians lion and
statue of Justice(1614), the statue of Hercules and Cacus (familiary
called by the population Florèan and Venturin) and the statue of
Peace (1819), donated by Emperor Francis I to the city in memory
of the Peace treaty of Campoformido.
Via Mercatovecchio, the most characteristic of the city, leads to
Piazza Matteotti- San Giacomo, the first real square of Udine, “a
real life square” where on the first Sunday of every month there is
an antique market and in the second weekend of October “Friuli
Doc” takes place, an international showcase of the best food and
wines and artistic and craft products of the whole regione. At its
centre stands the fountain designed in 1543 by Giovanni da Udine,
Raffaello’s pupil. The Church of San Giacomo, on the western side
of the square , is one of the oldest of the city. It was built in 1378,
but the Lombard facade was designed by Bernardino da Marcote at
the beginning of the 16th century and the lateral chapel was added
in mid-17th century. The art-nouveau Town Hall, in Istrian stone,
was built between 1910 an 1931 to a design by the famous architect
from Friuli Raimondo D‘Aronco. The Cathedral is a majestic
cross-shaped building with three naves and lateral chapels whose
oldest part dates back to 1335. At the beginning of the 18th century
a radical transformation took place, both inside and outside, at
behest of the Manin family, which bore the costs entirely. The
monumetal Baroque interior contains various works by G.B.
Tiepolo, P. Amalteo and L. Dorigny. The base of the bell tower
includes a chapel completely frescoed by Vitale da Bologna (1349).
Next to the Cathedral, in the little Oratorio della Purità (1757) Our
Lady of the Assumpition (1759), one of Tiepolo’s masterpieces, can
be admired. But it is in the Archibishop’s Palace that Tiepolo left
evidence of oneof his highest artistic achievements: his Biblical frescos
include The fall of the rebel angels, Rachel hides the idols,
Solomons Judgement and the Agar in the Desert. We also recommend
a visit to the Modern Art Gallery, exhibiting very interesting
collection of 11 and 12 century art and valuable sections dedicated
to architecture and design, the Ossuary, where 25,000 First World
War dead are buried, the New Theatre Giovanni da Udine – designed
by the architects Parmegiani and Giacomuzzi-Moore one of
the most avant-garde Italian buidings.