Monfalcone

Monfalcone (in the local Bisiac dialect: Mofalcòn, Slovene: Tržič, German: Falkenberg) is a toun an comune o the province o Gorizia (Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northren Italy), locatit on the coast o the Gulf o Trieste. Monfalcone means "Munt o Falcon" in Italian. It is a major industrial centre for manufacturin ships, airplanes, textiles, chemicals an refined ile. It is the hame o Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani. Geografie Monfalcone is the fifth maist populous toun in Friuli-Venezia Giulia an the main centre o Bisiacaria territory. Joined tae its neebourheids, it reaches aboot 50,000 inhabitants. The toun lees atween the Carso hills an the Adriatic Sea, bein the northmaist port o the Mediterranean Sea. History In prehistoric times the aurie o Monfalcone hoosed several fortifeed veelages cried castellieri. Efter the foondation o the Roman ceety o Aquileia (181 BC), some thermal biggins wur creatit on the hills, kent as Insulae Clarae. Efter the Ostrogoth, Byzantine, Lombard an Frank domination, Monfalcone wis controlled bi the Patriairch o Aquileia stairtin frae 967. The Venetians conquered it in 1420 efter three days o siege, keepin it till 1511, when it fell tae the French. Conquered back bi Venice, it wis ravagit bi the troops o emperor Maximilian I in 1513, who destroyed the Rocca. In 1521 it wis returned tae Venice, unner which it remained till 1797. It wis controlled bi Fraunce till the faw o Napoleon, efter which it became pairt o the Austrian Empire. Durin Warld War I, the toun wis captured bi Italy in 1915. It wis briefly recaptured bi Austrick in 1917, efter the battle o Caporetto. Monfalcone returned tae Italy in 1918. Main sichts Rocca (Castle). O medieval oreegin (accordin tae a legend, it wis foondit bi Theoderic the Great, Keeng o the Ostrogoths), its current appearance dates tae the Venetian restorations in the early 16t century. The interior hooses a speleologie exhibition. Pairk o Warld War I Karst (Carso) aurie Cathedral o Sant'Ambrogio Transport Monfalcone railwey station, opened in 1860, is a junction atween the Venice–Trieste railwey an the Udine–Trieste railwey. Internaitional relations Twin touns – Sister ceeties Monfalcone is twinned wi: Neumarkt in Steiermark, Austrick Gallipoli, Italy Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey Zonguldak, Turkey Freemit airtins Offeecial wabsted (in Italian)