Palmanova Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Italian town and comune in northeastern Italy, in the Province Udine
About Palmanova
The city was built by theRepublic of Venice, starting in 1593, primarily as a border post to defend against theOttoman Turks. The shape was a nine-pointed star, close to ideal for defense according to the military thinking of the day. The core of the city, the main wall and the moat were finished by the 1630s, but additional fortifications were built later; the third and final wall was completed in the early 19th century. The walls are inscribed on theUNESCO World Heritage Listtogether with five other Venetian wall structures in Italy and along the Adriatic Sea. Palmanova has never really succeeded as a city, and current population is only about 5,000.
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