Aquileia
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Aquileia is a comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Now a small town, it used to be one of the world's largest cities in the Late Antiquity. Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia form a UNESCO World Heritage site.See
Aquileia CathedralA basilica erected by Patriarch Poppo in 1031, and later rebuilt in the Gothic style by Patriarch Marquard of Randeck. Contains a mosaic floor having 760 m 2 .
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National Archaeological Museum
address: Via Roma, 1Contains a collection of ancient Roman mosaics, jewellery, gems, pottery and coins. Ruins of the Roman forumThe ruins are unfortunately limited to a line of standing columns.
Museo PaleocristianoThe museum contains some exhibits from the 4th to the 9th century AD.