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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.

The Year 1985: When Basketball Legend Michael Jordan “Hit” Trieste

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by Carlo Turchetto and Alessandra Ressa You don't have to be into basketball to know who Michael Jordan is. Even the least athletic person will...

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by Alessandra Ressa Going to the opera in times of Covid was an emotional experience, and not just because of the passionate, tragic love story...

Discovering Trieste’s water cave: Carso’s forbidden gold and emerald wonder

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By Alessandra Ressa Located just off the village of Ternova, near Samatorza, along the Italian – Slovenian border,  Trieste's water cave (Grotta dell'Acqua) is a hidden...

Discovering Friuli Venezia Giulia: Castello di Spessa

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by In Trieste Land of rolling hills, olive groves and vineyards, and medieval hill-towns sprinkled like jewels across the landscape: this is Collio, quintessential Friuli...

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by Alessandra Ressa Trieste’s unique location allows for stunning views of mountains and sea wherever you go. Every time you look down from any place...

The Infinite Beauty Of Palazzo Gopcevich

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by InTrieste The Palazzo Gopcevich can be seen on the north side of the Canal Grande, next to the recently renovated Generali HQ (red building...

Ancient Spring’s Water Used for Best Coffee in Trieste

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by Alessandra Ressa Hidden in the woods on the steep hill between Santa Croce and the sea flows an ancient water spring so pure and...

Vicolo San Fortunato: A Lucky Survivor Of Trieste’s Past

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by Alessandra Ressa Once a peasant and working class neighborhood, with only a handful of neoclassical mansions overlooking the see, Trieste's hilly area of Gretta...

Trieste’s Street of Compassion: A Drop-Off For Abandoned Infants

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by Alessandra Ressa Via della Pietà (Street of Compassion) is today an unattractive place with many abandoned medical offices running along centrally located Ospedale Maggiore. Until...

Forgotten Austrian Trenches and Prehistoric Hill Fort of Monte San Michele in Val Rosandra

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by Alessandra Ressa For one hundred years a World War I strategic military site in Trieste has been abandoned, at the mercy of Bora winds....

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