Udine

Udine, a walled town of Italy, capital of a province, lies in a rich wine country, 85 miles by rail NE. of Venice. It has wide, handsome streets, and contains a Romanesque cathedral, an archbishop's palace, a beautiful campo santo, and, on a hill in the midst of the city, a castle, formerly the residence of the patriarchs of Aquileia. Udine manufactures silk, leather, gloves, hats, &c. Bonaparte resided in the doge's castle at Passariano, close by, during the preliminaries of the peace of Campo-Fornio. Pop. 23,254.