Paluzza

Paluzza () is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
A local term in the Bavarian language for "hello" is .
Geography.
It is located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Udine, in the historic Carnia region of Friuli, close to the border with Austria at Plöcken Pass ().
Paluzza borders the following municipalities: Arta Terme, Cercivento, Comeglians, Forni Avoltri, Kötschach-Mauthen (Austria), Lesachtal (Austria), Paularo, Ravascletto, Rigolato, Sutrio, Treppo Ligosullo. The municipal area comprises the "frazioni" of Casteons, Cleulis, Englaro, Naunina, Rivo, and Timau (), where a particular variant of the Southern Bavarian dialect is spoken.
Sights include the "Torre Moscarda", a surviving structure of a castle ("Castrum Moscardum") built here by the Patriarch of Aquileia Gregorio di Montelongo; nearby are remains of ancient Roman and World War I fortifications.