Udine has a University. The archbishop’s palace and the Museo Civico have quite important paintings.
In 1420 Udine became part of Venetian territory. In the 1550s Andrea Palladio erected some buildings in Udine. The church of S.Maria della Purita has 18th-century frescoes by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and his son Domenico. In the principal square (Piazza della Libert) stands the town hall (Loggia di Lionello) built in 1448-1457 in the Venetian-Gothic style opposite a clock tower (Torre dellOrologio) resembling that of the Piazza San Marco at Venice. In the center of Udine, is the Castello di Udine, built during the invasion of Attila the Hun.
The Treaty of Campo Formio (1796) was signed in a village that lies about 5 miles west of Udine. The textile industry has been important for Udine.
See also Giovanni Martini da Udine, the High Renaissance architect who worked in Rome and was a pupil of Raphael.
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