Paluzza (, ) is a (municipality) in the
Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the
Italian region
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of
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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.
Geography
It is located about northwest of
Trieste
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and about northwest of
Udine
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, in the historic
Carnia region of
Friuli
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, close to the border with Austria at
Plöcken Pass
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().
Paluzza borders the following municipalities:
Arta Terme,
Cercivento,
Comeglians,
Forni Avoltri,
Kötschach-Mauthen (Austria),
Lesachtal (Austria),
Paularo,
Ravascletto,
Rigolato,
Sutrio,
Treppo Ligosullo.
The municipal area comprises the ''
frazioni
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'' of Casteons, Cleulis, Englaro, Naunina, Rivo, and Timau (), where a particular variant of the
Southern Bavarian dialect is spoken. A local term in the
Bavarian language
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for "
hello
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Early uses
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" is
pfiati.
Sights include the ''Torre Moscarda'', a surviving structure of a castle (''Castrum Moscardum'') built here by the
Patriarch of Aquileia
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Gregorio di Montelongo; nearby are remains of ancient Roman and World War I fortifications.
References
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