Cividale del Friuli (, locally Zividât; ; ) is a town and [[comune]] (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine, part of the North-Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The town lies 135 m above sea-level in the foothills of the eastern Alps, 15 km by rail from the city of Udine and close to the Slovenian