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Trieste

Description: City and capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia regione and of Trieste provincia, northeastern Italy, located on the Gulf of ... more

Trieste ... Trieste at the northeastern corner of the Adriatic Sea, 90 miles (145 km) east of Venice. Trieste flourished as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the period 1867–1918 when it was Central Europe's prosperous Mediterranean seaport and a capital of literature and music. However, the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Trieste's annexation to Italy after World War I led to a decline in its economic and cultural importance. Today, Trieste is a border town. The population is an ethnic mix of the neighboring regions; The dominant local Venetian dialect of Trieste is called Triestine ("Triestin" - pronounced /triˈɛstin/, in Italian "Triestino"). This dialect and the official Italian language are spoken in the city center whilst Slovenian is spoken in several of the immediate suburbs. The Venetian and the Slovenian languages are considered autochthonous to the area. There is also a large number of German-speakers.

Newest Review: ... out by an architect of this city, as Castle is well preserved and also from inside. Another symbol of Trieste is the cathedral of San Giusto, this is interesting for the visit, but another place worth visiting is the famous Roman theatre and I think it is worthwhile to go. Many museums to visit with many historical sites, now I am not here to make a list because it takes too long, all ... more

... information can be found on the Internet. It certainly was an unforgettable New Year's Eve in a city that to me is very liked, for everything there is to visit and also for the New Year celebration in the square. Only a pity that there is this cold win...more

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Trieste (529 words)
by vesponethebest - written on 07.07.08 (Very useful, 34 readings)
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In Trieste there have been a New Year's Eve a few years ago. It's the capital of Friuli Venezia Giulia region and is located near the border with Slovenia, on top of the Adriatic Sea. Me and another friend had arrived here on December 31, and I remember that after a trip with the fog had started to rain for a few hours. Our first impression on this city was excellent. We went to a restaurant and have lunch and felt the notes of the waltz called "Blue Danube" that reminds the city of Vienna as a way of buildings resembles very precisely in Trieste. In the afternoon we started to turn for the city and luckily the rain had stopped and was ...

Try Trieste (1878 words)
by fizzywizzy - written on 10.08.05 (Very useful, 514 readings)
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On 5th March 1946 in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill, then Leader of the Opposition in Great Britain, declared 'From Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent.' Until I had cause to visit Trieste last year that is what Trieste meant to me - a quote I learnt at school. It was fitting, then, that Trieste should be an overnight stop on my way to Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia and until the early 1990s behind the 'iron curtain' and firmly within the Soviet sphere of influence as defined by Churchill. Trieste lies right on the brink of the "Iron Curtain". Trieste is situated in the far north ...

Trieste: Was I a victim of a golden fleecing? (1024 words)
by Morgenhund - written on 24.09.02 (Very useful, 270 readings)
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Jason and the Argonauts were said to have stopped in Trieste in the hunt for the Golden Fleece. With this being Italy I had been expecting this to be a case of the Golden Fleecing of a stupid tourist... Read on to see if I got fleeced... --- During my recent trip to Slovenia, I decided to take a day trip to Trieste, especially as it was only just over an hour away by bus from Piran, where I was staying. It also gave me a chance to try and complete a set of Italian Euro coins or two for friends (demanding friends I have!). The other recent was to be able to say that I had visited both ends of the where Churchill's "Iron Curtain" stood. ...

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