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Windsor’s Twin City: Udine
Fontana Friulana |
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Windsor’s Twin City: Udine |
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In August 1977, Windsor City Council carried the
following motion: “That the City of Udine in the Friuli Region
of Italy BE INVITED to enter into a twin-city relationship with
the City
of Windsor, for the purpose of fostering social, cultural and economic
benefits, the City of Udine being an industrial city of approximately
100,000 population, located in the |
P10135 - Fountain in Piazza Udine |
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north/east section of Italy from which area many
Windsor citizens have |
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emigrated.” (Council
Agenda August 291977 - 908/77, Windsor’s Community
Archives).
As a result of this twin city relationship, a number of exchanges
have occurred between the two cities including: |
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The donation of the Udine Fountain, received in appreciation
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economic relief given to northern Italy following an earthquake
in 1980 |
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Official visits to Windsor by dignitaries of Udine |
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Several student exchanges between Windsor and Udine |
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Windsor’s gift of an obelisk to Udine |
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Windsor’s participation in a Udine soccer tournament. |
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Fontana Friulana |
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Partial translation of above article
by Windsor Italo-Canadian Culture Centre
Subtitle: Given by the province of Udine – a reproduction
of the fountain in Forni di Sopra
A Friulian fountain in Canada will strengthen ties with Windsor
A wonderful gift given as a token of the bond of friendship
which is becoming closer and more significant with a land in
which thousands of Friulians live…the provincial administration
of Udine commissioned the Julia marble company of Cividale to
build a fountain which, in its form and dimensions, reproduces
the one in Forni di Sopra known as the Marioni fountain. The
work was transported overseas and there will offer an architectural
symbol of the ties that, strengthened in these past few years
by the trips and frequent occasions to meet, tend to reduce the
distance between the Friuli region and Canada, land of adoption
for thousands of our emigrants.
The mayor of Windsor has already informed the province that
the fountain will be erected in “Piazza Friuli”
at a site which is particularly suitable and easily accessible
to citizens and tourists…Courtesy of Windsor’s
Community Archives, RG 11 C-IV/8
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| Article for the Twin Cities |
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| Courtesy
of Windsor’s
Community Archives, RG11 C1 |
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P10605 - Lopez
G & A
Twin
Cities float close-up
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P10606 - Lopez
G & A
Twin
Cities float long shot |
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The
opinions and interpretations in this publication are those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada. |
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