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[[Image:Mappa.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Location of the city]]

[[Image:Udine_panor.jpg|left|thumb|300px|View of the city, Alps in background]]

'''Udine''' ([[Friulian language|Friulian]] ''Udin'', [[Slovenian language|Slovene]] ''Videm'') is a city in the north-east of [[Italy]], capital of the historical region of [[Friuli]], in the middle of [[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]] region, between the [[Adriatic]] sea and the [[Alps]] (Alpi Carniche), 20 km far from the Slovenian border. Its population was 96,593 in [[2005]], 167.000 with the urban area. Its geographical ___location is 46.07° North, 13.24 ° East. The local [[football (soccer)|football]] club is called [[Udinese Calcio]] and plays in the highest Italian league (''[[Serie A]]'').

[[Image:Udine_Italy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Piazza della Libertà and 15th. century Loggia di Lionello, Udine, Italy (2004)]]

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Udine is important for commerce, the are several comerciale centers in the hinterland. There are also industries of iron and mechanical industries.

== Sport ==

The local [[football (soccer)|football]] club is called [[Udinese Calcio]], founded in 1896, and plays in the highest Italian league (''[[Serie A]]'').

See also [[Giovanni Martini da Udine]], the High Renaissance architect who worked in Rome and was a pupil of [[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]].