Cividale del Friuli

After leaving the straw house, I popped in to see Cividale. Some say that it was founded by Julius Caesar as "Forum Julii", but archaeologists have found Venetian and Celtic remains from 6 BCE. It became the Lombard capital, taken over by the Franks and renamed "Civitas Austriae" eventually morphing into "Cividale".
Unfortunately, it was lunchtime when I strolled around so the few potentially interesting sights were closed.
The bridge is famous though. Apparently the devil helped the townsfolk build the bridge, in exchange for the soul of the first living thing that crossed over it. The locals were canny though, ensuring that a cat or a dog was the first across. Old Nick wasn't too happy about it, but there does not appear to have been any ill consequence.
Just down the road I found a 3 course lunch for 10 Euros: pasta sald, steak and coffee. Not surprised the town was closed for lunch with deals like that around.Read more