page_title: Trieste
section_title: Main sights and vistas
hierarchical_section_title: Trieste / Main sights and vistas
caption_attribution_description: English: A collage showing some places in Trieste.
context_page_description: Trieste is a city and a seaport in northeastern Italy. It is towards the end of a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia, which lies approximately 10–15 km south and east of the city. Croatia is some 30 km to the south.
  Trieste is at the head of the Gulf of Trieste and has a very long coastline, free sea access in Barcola and is surrounded by grassland, forest and karst areas. In 2018, it had a population of about 205,000 and it is the capital of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The metropolitan population of Trieste is 410,000, with the city comprising about 240,000 inhabitants.
  Trieste was one of the oldest parts of the Habsburg Monarchy, belonging to it from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century the monarchy was one of the Great Powers of Europe and Trieste was its most important seaport. As a prosperous seaport in the Mediterranean region, Trieste became the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the fin de siècle period at the end of the 19th century it emerged as an important hub for literature and music.
context_section_description: In 2012, Lonely Planet listed the city of Trieste as the world's most underrated travel destination.
caption: From left to right: Victory Lighthouse, a part of the harbour, a street of the Old City
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