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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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Underground Waters, Wild Goats and Shared Wine: The World Around Grotta Martina Cucchi

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Panduri: the Mysterious Home Guards of Trieste

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Portis Vecchio: The Abandoned Village frozen in Time

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Trieste Commemorates Holocaust Victims with 13 Stumbling Stones

History January 27, 2021 0

by Alessandra Ressa January 27th is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day in 1945, the gates of the biggest Nazi death camp in Auschwitz were forced...

Discover the Priest’s Cap: Carso’s Most Beautiful but Very Poisonous Wild Fruit

History December 31, 2020 0

by Alessandra Ressa It is bright pink and orange, and looks completely out of place among the bare branches of trees in winter. If you...

New Archeological Site on San Giusto Hill

History December 4, 2020 1

by Ashley Caneva I've picked up a funny habit since moving to Italy in 2019. Whenever I spot roadwork or construction being done, I can't...

Fenice’s “Covid-style” Traviata: the rebirth of the Venetian theater after lockdown

History October 3, 2020 0

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...

Villa Moore known as Borahall

History September 23, 2020 2

By Alessandra Ressa In via Bazzoni #15, hidden by a high wall covered in thick ivy, sits a magnificent 1700s mansion that once belonged to...

Venice: Wim Wenders among the curators of Henri Cartier – Bresson’s exhibit at Palazzo...

History September 9, 2020 0

By Alessandra Ressa If you are planning a trip to Venice - and why wouldn’t you be - do not miss the Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibit...

From Barcola To Contovello: A Walk To Remember

History June 17, 2020 2

By Alessandra Ressa If you live in Trieste and you have never visited Contovello village, you have definitely missed out. Clinging to the mountain and...

Haunted Rotonda Pancera: The First Freemasons Temple in Trieste Is For Sale

History June 10, 2020 0

By Alessandra Ressa It is an unfortunate coincidence that two of the most beautiful neoclassical buildings in Trieste have been in a sorry state of...

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

History May 27, 2020 2

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...

The Disappearing “Little Paris” of Trieste, A Ghost Town Worth a Visit

History April 18, 2020 2

by Alessandra Ressa At the end of Via Giulia, the busy street which connects the lovely neighborhood of San Giovanni to the city center, right...

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