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This category is all about the history of Trieste. Trieste’s history is as complex and diverse as the 200,000 population of this beautiful city by the Adriatic.

Trieste belonged to the Habsburg monarchy from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century the monarchy was one of the Great Powers of Europe with Trieste being its most important seaport. As a prosperous trading hub in the Mitteleuropean part of Europe, Trieste became the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

In the end of century period Trieste became an important center for literature and music scene. Trieste underwent an economic revival during the 1930s, and the Free Territory of Trieste became a major site of the struggle between the Eastern and Western oppositions after the Second World War.

Trieste, a deep-water port, is a maritime gateway for Northern Italy. It’s the center of Europe as it is the south, east and west of European countries.

It is considered the end point of the Maritime Silk Road, with its connections to the Suez Canal and Turkey.

Since the 1960s, Trieste has emerged as a prominent research location in Europe because of its many international organizations and institutions, which include SISSA, ICTP and ICGEB.

The city lies at the intersection of Latin, Slavic and Germanic cultures where nations and cultures meet and collide, making Trieste home to diverse ethnic groups and religious communities.

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by InTrieste Today, May 6th, marks the 45th Anniversary of a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred in the Friuli, about 100 km from Trieste. Friuli, part...

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by Alessandra Ressa Notwithstanding the economic crisis that is relentlessly making it very hard for tourism to survive Covid-19, Trieste seems to be currently living...

Spies, Brothels and Casinos: Story of the Bizarre “Russian House” in Barcola

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by Alessandra Ressa If you visit the residential waterfront neighborhood of Barcola, in Trieste, you won't help but notice an unusual mansion facing the main road in...

Trieste’s house of sorrows: a place of torture and death in San Vito during...

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By Alessandra Ressa There is a street missing a number in the residential neighborhood of San Vito, in Trieste. Although many of the elegant old villas...

Panduri: the Mysterious Home Guards of Trieste

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by Alessandra Ressa Have you ever wondered why many buildings in Trieste have menacing carved stone heads guarding their entrances? The name of these heads,...

Trieste’s Refugee Camp in Padriciano: The Silent Witness of The Tragic Past

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by Alessandra Ressa In 1954 Trieste experienced one of the largest refugee crisis in history. Sixty-eight years later, history seems to sadly repeat itself with...

The Aristocratic Hill of Scorcola: a Maze of Narrow Lanes That Hold Treasures and...

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By Alessandra Ressa If you are in the mood for a beautiful walk that will ensure bizarre art, a step back in history, mazes of...

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