Trieste

**Trieste** ( ; Triestine ; Slovenie, ; ) 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 () · Cologna () · Conconello (*Ferlugi*) · Gretta () · Grignano (*Grljan*) · Guardiella () · Miramare · Roiano () · 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 () · San Luigi · Guardiella (*Verdelj*) · Longera () · San Giovanni (*Sveti Ivan*)· Rozzol () · Melara
7) Chiarbola () · Coloncovez (*Kolonkovec*) · Santa Maria Maddalena Inferiore () - Raute · Santa Maria Maddalena Superiore () · 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

File:Stadtzentrum Triest.jpg
File:CastelloMiramare.jpg



## Freemit airtins

* Municipality o Trieste 
* Trieste Tourist Guide