Aquileia

La Basilica di Aquileia
Aquilea was a thriving roman harbour city, founded in 181 B.C. as a colony and military outpost. Later it became the capital of the Augustan region “X Regio”.

At the apix of its importance, in the first centuries of the Christian era, it counted 200.000 inhabitants and it was the 4th largest city on the Peninsula after Rome, Milan and Capua.

It became also an important harbour on the Natissa river as a starting point for the commercial trade to the Danubio area, to the noric area and to the Illiryan and Pannonian provinces.

Today Aquileia is the most important archeological site of Northern Italy.

To be visited in Aquileia

Particolare del Mosaico all'interno della Basilica di Aquileia
  • The Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta (1031) - info
  • The Bell Tower of the XI century – Panorama
  • The National Archeological Museum - info
  • The Early Christian Museum of Monastero - info
  • The roman forum
  • The Holy road of the river harbour
  • The river harbour
  • The roman cemetery
  • The archaeological trail - info 
See also:
Art - History - Culture - in Southern Friuli

Events in Aquileia 

Affreschi dell'Abside - particolare - Basilica di Aquileia

Aquileia through all the year

Il Foro - Aquileia

JANUARY – Cabossa Festival (Epiphany)
APRIL - Spring in Aquileia
Local market with handicrafs and gastronomy.
JUNE - Tempora in Aquileia
Historical recollection.
JULY - Aquileia Film Festival
International archaeological cinema event.
 
JULY - Peach festival - in Fiumicello
JULY - In the sounds in the places - Concerts
JULY/AUGUST - Concerts in the Basilica
AUGUST - Puppet Festival
AUGUST - Star cups -
OCTOBER - Pumpkin festival - in Terzo di Aquileia