there is a car coming. i better hurry up. ? medieval times the vento was larger extending into what is today the next door neighbor of fruili venezia giulia. here we are in venezia. northeast of venice. a mile from the slovenia border. it s very lush, beautiful with your you re not getting all the fish you get in venice. when it was part of the venetian empire this was the overland entry foint for goods where spices entered europe. for most of the inherit fruili was austrian and part of the austria hung gaern empire. all of these influences made this cross-roads a culinary gold mine. it s just so pretty.