Buja

Buja is a comune in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Udine.
Buja borders the following municipalities: Artegna, Colloredo di Monte Albano, Gemona del Friuli, Majano, Osoppo, Treppo Grande.

History

According to a 12-century copy of a document dated August 4th, 792, Buja was donated to Patriarch Paulinus II of Aquileia by Charlemagne. In 1371, Patriarch Marquard of Randeck granted Buia its own communal statues, establishing a Council of Twenty-Four which annually elected a mayor from its membership.

Twin towns — sister cities

Buja is twinned with:

Aprilia, Italy, since 1997
Vilsbiburg, Germany, since 2001
Domont, France, since 2008