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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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Discovering Trieste’s Colorful Cottages of San Giacomo Neighborhood

History March 18, 2024 1

by Alessandra Ressa Between via della Concordia and via dell'Industria, in the heart of busy, multi-ethnic, proletarian San Giacomo, there is a whole block of...

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

History March 11, 2024 0

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...

British Industrial History in Androna Campo Marzio: When Trieste Was Known as ‘Little Liverpool’

History March 5, 2024 3

by Alessandra Ressa Trieste is definitely the place to be for the interested in industrial archeology. A must-see spot is right in the heart of...

Journey To The Center of the Earth: The Trebiciano Abyss

History February 12, 2024 2

words and photography: Alessandra Ressa Considered for almost a century the deepest cave on Earth, with its 340 meters drop of vertical, narrow pits, the...

Trieste’s Grotta dei Morti: a Quest for Water that Ended in Tragedy

History January 31, 2024 1

by Alessandra Ressa The tragic deaths of three members the Kralj family, Antonio, Luca, and Matteo, and of their fellow speleologist Andrea Fernetich, have been...

Trieste’s International Past And The Soldiers That Never Left It

History January 26, 2024 8

words and photography: Alessandra Ressa As a traveler, I find that the best hidden secrets are often to be found in cemeteries, and no city...

Trieste’s Forgotten Legend of the Witch of via Battigelli

History January 17, 2024 1

by Alessandra Ressa All photos courtesy of Alessandra Ressa It so happened that during one of my recent urban walks, after reaching the very top of...

The Bread Lover’s Guide to Servolane

History January 16, 2024 3

By Alessandra Ressa Bread has been a beloved primary source of staple in the Western world since the beginning of time and it is often...

The Story of Trieste’s British Seamen’s Home

History January 10, 2024 0

by Alessandra Ressa A castle-like building, located at number 43 on today’s neglected via Udine, used to be the go-to place for British sailors to...

Sarah Davis: the British Benefactor Who Fought For The Rights of Trieste’s Venderigole

History January 8, 2024 3

by Alessandra Ressa There’s is a steep, narrow street in Trieste connecting Via Commerciale to the busy neighborhood of Roiano called via Sarah Davis. Named after...

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