Trieste

Trieste (Italian pronunciation: [triˈɛste] listen ; Triestine Venetian: Trièst; Slovenie, [Trst, Трст] ; German: Triest) is a ceety an seaport in northeastren Italy. It is situatit towards the end o a narrae strip o Italian territory lyin atween the Adriatic Sea an Slovenie, which lees amaist immediately sooth an east o the ceety. Trieste is locatit at the heid o the Gulf o Trieste an throuoot history it haes been influencit bi its location at the crossroads o Laitin, Slavic, an Germanic culturs. In 2009, it haed a population o aboot 205,000 an it is the caipital o the autonomous region Friuli Venezia Giulia an Trieste province. Trieste wis ane of the auldest pairts o the Habsburg Monarchy. In the 19t century, it wis the maist important port o ane o the Great Pouers o Europe. As a prosperous seaport in the Mediterranean region, Trieste became the fowert lairgest ceety o the Austrick-Hungary (efter Vienna, Budapest, an Prague). In the fin-de-siecle period, it emergit as a important hub for leeteratur an muisic. It unnerwent an economic revival durin the 1930s, an Trieste wis a important spot in the struggle atween the Eastren an Wastren blocs efter the Seicont Warld War. The day, the ceety is in ane o the richest regions o Italy, an haes been a great centre for shippin, throu its port (Port o Trieste), shipbiggin an financial services. Ceety destricts Trieste is admeenistratively dividit in seiven destricts: 1) Altipiano Ovest: Borgo San Nazario · Contovello (Kontovel) · Prosecco (Prosek) · Santa Croce (Križ) 2) Altipiano Est: Banne (Bani) · Basovizza (Bazovica) · Gropada (Gropada) · Opicina (Opčine) · Padriciano (Padriče) · Trebiciano (Trebče) 3) Barcola (Slovene: Barkovlje) · Cologna (Slovene: Kolonja) · Conconello (Ferlugi) · Gretta (Slovene: Greta) · Grignano (Grljan) · Guardiella (Slovene: Verdelj) · Miramare · Roiano (Slovene: Rojan) · Scorcola (Škorklja) 4) Barriera Nuova · Borgo Giuseppino · Borgo Teresiano · Città Nuova · Città Vecchia · San Vito · San Giusto · Campi Elisi · Sant'Andrea · Cavana 5) Barriera Vecchia (Stara Mitnica) · San Giacomo (Sveti Jakob) · Santa Maria Maddalena Superiore (Sveta Marija Magdalena Zgornja) 6) Cattinara (Katinara) · Chiadino (Slovene: Kadinj) · San Luigi · Guardiella (Verdelj) · Longera (Slovene: Lonjer) · San Giovanni (Sveti Ivan)· Rozzol (Slovene: Rocol) · Melara 7) Chiarbola (Slovene: Čarbola) · Coloncovez (Kolonkovec) · Santa Maria Maddalena Inferiore (Slovene: Spodnja Sveta Marija Magdalena) - Raute · Santa Maria Maddalena Superiore (Slovene: Zgornja Sveta Marija Magdalena) · Servola (Škedenj) · Poggi Paese · Poggi Sant'Anna (Sveta Ana)· Valmaura · Altura · Borgo San Sergio The iconic ceety centre is Piazza Unità d'Italia, which is atween the lairge 19t-century avenues an the auld medieval ceety, composed o mony narrae an crookit streets. Internaitional relations Trieste hosts the Secretariat o the Central European Initiative, an intergovrenmental organization amang Central an Sooth-Eastren European states. In recent years, Trieste haes hostit a nummer o heich level bilateral an multilateral conferences an meetins such as: the Italo-German Bilateral Summit in 2008 (Berlusconi-Merkel) an the Italo-Russian Bilateral Summit in 2013 (Letta-Putin); the G8 meetins o Environment an Foreign Affairs Meenisters in 2001 an 2009 respectively. Twin touns — Sister ceeties Trieste is twinned wi: Beirut, Lebanon (syne 1956) Douala, Cameroon (syne 1971) Graz, Austrick (since 1973) Santos, Brazil (syne 1977) Southampton, Unitit Kinrick (syne 2002) Le Havre, Fraunce Notes References Gallery Freemit airtins Municipality o Trieste (in Italian) Trieste Tourist Guide Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine