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  Trieste - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste on the Adriatic Sea.
With a population of 211,184 (2001) it is capital of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trieste province.
Trieste flourished as part of Austro-Hungarian Empire during the period 1857 - 1918 when it was Central Europe's prosperous mediterranean sea port and its capital of literature and music.
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 TRIESTE - LoveToKnow Article on TRIESTE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trieste is situated at the northeast angle of the Adriatic Sea, on the Gulf of Trieste, and is picturesquely built on terraces at the foot of the Karst hills.
Besides, it was declared a free imperial port in 1719, and was tl*refore released from the obstructions to trade contained in the hampering legislation of the period.
Trieste is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop, and the seat of the administration for the Kustenland or littoral, composed of the crown lands of Trieste, Gorz and Gradisca, and Istria.
2.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TR/TRIESTE.htm   (1311 words)

  
 Gulf of Trieste - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gulf of Trieste (Italian: Golfo di Trieste, Slovene: Tržaški zaliv, German: Golf von Triest) is a shallow bay of the Adriatic Sea, in the extreme northern part of the Mediterranean Sea.
It is part of the Gulf of Venice, and is shared by Italy, Slovenia and Croatia.
The Gulf is limited by an imaginary line connecting the Punta Tagliamento on the Italian and Savudrija (Punta Salvore) on the Croatian coast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gulf_of_Trieste   (182 words)

  
 Printable Version on Encyclopedia.com
Trieste is also the terminus of pipelines from Eastern Europe.
As the sole Austrian port and as a natural outlet for central Europe, Trieste flourished, and in 1867 the crown land of Trieste was made the capital of Küstenland prov.
The Free Territory included the city of Trieste and a coastal zone of Istria, running from Duino along the Gulf of Trieste to Cittanova.
www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:trieste   (434 words)

  
 Trieste, Italy
The port of Trieste, capital of the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, lies on the Gulf of Trieste, framed by the precipitous slopes of a limestone plateau, in the northeast corner of the Adriatic.
Trieste, the Roman Tergeste, was held by Austria from 1382 until 1919.
Under the Allied treaty with Italy in 1947 the territory immediately bordering on Trieste, with a predominantly Slav population, was ceded to Yugoslavia and the town itself (in Serbo-Croat Trst) together with part of the Istrian peninsula became a free state under the United Nations, divided into two zones.
www.planetware.com /italy/trieste-i-fvg-ti.htm   (354 words)

  
 AUSTRIA - LoveToKnow Article on AUSTRIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The coast west of the mouth of the >nzo is fringed by lagoons, and has the same character as the netian coast, while the Gulf of Trieste and the Istrian peninsula ye a steep coast with many bays and safe harbours.
Trieste, with its district, is a town ~ated as a special crown land.
The principal towns of Austria 1 Vienna (1,662,269), Prague (460,849), Trieste (132,879), mberg (159,618), Graz (138,370), Brnn (508,944), Cracow 1,310), Czernowitz (67,622), Pilsen (68,292) and Linz (58,778).
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 Trieste - WOI Encyclopedia Italia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Image:180px-Padova dot.jpg Trieste (Latin Tergeste, Italian Trieste,German and Friulian Triest, Slovenian and Croatian Trst) is a city in northeastern Italy, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and Trieste province, with a population of 211,184 (2001).
It is located 600 kilometers south-southwest of Vienna at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, an arm of the Gulf of Venice.
In 1947 Trieste became the capital of the Free Territory of Trieste.
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Trieste   (604 words)

  
 Traveller's Guide to Trieste and its Riviera- Southern Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1719, Trieste was declared a free port, and for centuries it thrived as a center of international commerce and culture.
Trieste is one of the few cities nestled right between the mountains and the sea.
Trieste is tucked up in the top corner of Mediterranean sea, its geographical position once again ideal for the markets of central and southern Europe.
triestenet.tripod.com /indexeng.htm   (2961 words)

  
 Trieste for Geeks? - LUG Trieste
Just look at the Trieste Linux User Group Trieste, an atypical LUG by our own admission, most attentive to the eno-gastronomic delights, it prefers to organize the discussions about the OS of choice at the mythical dinners (the so called "Zene" in a traditional osteria or osmizza (don't worry, we'll explain the terms later on).
If you want to appreciate Trieste, and to live a memorable experience as the geeks from Trieste, you should first learn the habit of saving the batteries of your laptop (just to remind you the magic word in Linux is #shutdown -h now).
Advanced research centers in Trieste are studying the coffee DNA for the genetic improvement of coffee quality.
trieste.linux.it /it/node/48   (2562 words)

  
 Trieste, Italia (Italy)
Trieste is located in Northeastern Italy just South of the Alps, between Venice and the Istrian Peninsula, at the north end of the Adriatic Sea.
Trieste is a city which you must visit at least once in your lifetime.
Vienna at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, an arm of the Gulf of Venice.
italian-realestate.com /trieste.htm   (722 words)

  
 Trieste - Wikitravel
Trieste [1] (Triest in German, Trieszt in hungarian, Trst in Slavic languages) is a city in Italy.
It is situated on the crossroads of several commercial and cultural flows: German middle Europe to the north, Slavic masses and the Balkans to the east, Italy and then Latin countries to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
The plentiful "souls" of Trieste influence the every-day life with the habits of the numerous populations which inhabited it during the centuries and which are still alive: the dishes proposed in the city "buffets", the typical restaurants of Middle-European origins, is an experienced and flavored mixture of the local Austrian and Slavik tradition.
wikitravel.org /en/Trieste   (1929 words)

  
 Destinations: Trieste   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Romans established an outpost in Trieste somewhere around the 1st century BC, settling the colony on the slope of the hill of San Giusto.
In the late 14th century, Trieste emerged again as an important port under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and this coupling had a profound impact on the cultural, linguistic, gastronomic and military history of Trieste.
One of Trieste's (and arguably Italy's) most moving poets, Umberto Saba, described his hometown in his poetry and always observed the multi-layered history that was part of its past and present.
www.italiancookingandliving.com /travel/pf_text/trieste.html   (333 words)

  
 Trieste - Friuli Venezia Giulia - Italy
Trieste (Latin Tergeste), the capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and Trieste province, population 211,184 (2001), is located 370 miles south-southwest of Vienna at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, an arm of the Gulf of Venice.
Through a long period of time, Trieste was seen as being peripheral to Italian commerce and culture; however lately it has been gaining influence as Italy's window to the east (former Yugoslavia).
The thought of an Italian population under Austrian domination was an offense for Italian nationalists, who considered Trieste the main "unredeemed" territory; in 1918, after the end of World War I and the disintegration of Austria-Hungary, Trieste became a part of Italy.
www.italyworldclub.com /friuli/trieste/trieste.htm   (414 words)

  
 ARI Radiocomunicazioni emergenza TS english version
ARI Emergency Radiocommunications Trieste is a group of dedicated radio operators in Trieste, north east Italy, committed to public service and assistance in case of disaster.
The prefecture of Trieste was be before to decide of a connection packet UHF to 38,400 bps with the Itanet node of Trieste (IR3TS), from which the Itanet net comes connected all national using the packet links to 1,228,000 bps between Trieste, Aviano (PN) and Padova.
The Section ARI of Trieste has actively participated with own operators to the carried out in occasion of large emergencies like the earthquake of the Friuli, that one of the Irpinia and that one of the Umbria.
www.qsl.net /ari_trieste/aritseng.htm   (446 words)

  
 ItalianVisits.com - Welcome to Trieste - Friuli Region
Trieste is one of those cities of the water, made important by the business it has conducted since time immemorial with traders from the known world.
Inhabited originally by tribal societies of Indo European descent, as long ago as the first ice age, Trieste was fully subjugated by the Romans by 177 BC, and enjoyed the special status of a "colony" under the reign of Julius Caesar.
During and well beyond the middle ages, Trieste was Austria's most important commercial port and shipbuilding center, and in due course became a large, rich and open city - a "free port" - connected to Europe by an ever-expanding network of roads and railways, and to the rest of the Mediterranean by fabled Adriatic.
www.italianvisits.com /friuli/trieste   (828 words)

  
 DP Camps in Trieste, Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trieste (Latin Tergeste, Italian Trieste, German and Friulian Triest, Slovenian and Croatian Trst) is a city and port in northeastern Italy, capital of the autonome region Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trieste province, with a population of 211,184 (2001).
This state was de facto dissolved in 1954 as un-governable and in 1977 in the Treaty of Osimo officially subdivided between the two countries: the city of Trieste went to Italy, while the southern part of the territory went to Yugoslavia.
The territorial remnant was established on September 15, 1947, as the Free Territory of Trieste and was occupied by joint British-American forces as the Allied Military Government, British-United States Zone, Free Territory of Trieste.
www.dpcamps.org /dpcamps/trieste.html   (1432 words)

  
 Trieste articles on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trieste is the capital of the region, which is divided into Gorizia, Pordenone, Trieste, and Udine provs.
A child prodigy, he gave a concert in Trieste at the age of eight, which was followed by many appearances conducting and performing his own compositions.
It was formed after World War I from part of the territories ceded by Austria to Italy in 1919, and included E Friuli, Trieste, Istria, and part of Carniola.
www.encyclopedia.com /articles/13048.html   (450 words)

  
 Albergo in Piazza Oberdan - Albergo in Trieste - Albergo alla Posta
Trieste is a beautiful and extraordinary city, anchored to a past which it can not forget.
Is an Italian port city located in the northeastern part of Italy on the border with Slovenia, overlooking the Gulf of Trieste at the corner of the Adriatic Sea.
Trieste is often overlooked by many tourists in favour of its better known sister city of Venice, but for those looking for a relaxing "off the well-beaten path" destination in Italy, the city offers many charms.
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 Search Results for "Trieste"
...A city of extreme northeast Italy on the Gulf of Trieste, an inlet of the Gulf of Venice at the head of the Adriatic Sea.
Trieste is the capital of the region, which is divided into Gorizia,...
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent....
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 Trieste. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
231,100), capital of Friuli–Venezia Giulia and of Trieste prov., extreme NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste (at the head of the Adriatic Sea).
On a hill commanding a fine view are the Romanesque Cathedral of San Giusto (part of which dates from the 5th cent.) and an imposing castle (14th–17th cent.).
On a small promontory northwest of the city is Miramar castle (1854–56), built for Archduke Maximilian of Austria, who sailed from there on his ill-fated Mexican adventure.
www.bartleby.com /65/tr/Trieste.html   (479 words)

  
 Gulf of Trieste: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Gulf of Trieste (Italian[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject]: Golfo di Trieste, EHandler: no quick summary.
German (called deutsch in german; in german the term germanisch is equivalent to english germanic), is a member of the western group of germanic...
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gu/gulf_of_trieste.htm   (605 words)

  
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The Slovenian sea represents the southern part of the Gulf of Trieste, which is the northernmost point of both the Adriatic and the Mediterranean Seas.
It is a shallow semi-enclosed gulf with the maximum depth of ca.
The research on flora and fauna in the Gulf of Trieste has a centennial tradition, however there are several gaps in the knowledge of different taxonomic groups.
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 TCI - Italy to discover - Friuli-Venezia Giulia
P.I. This is the extreme north-east stretch of Italy, between the course of the rivers Tagliamento and Livenza, to the west, and the Isonzo to the east.
Some consider Trieste's finest architecture and urban settings to be found in the courtly orderliness of the Borgo Teresiano (the district named after the Empress Maria Theresa; her father, Emperor Charles VI, laid the foundations for the growth of modern Trieste by establishing the free port here).
The view of the Gulf of Trieste and the Adriatic beyond is alluring; the whole city senses the prevailing presence of the sea, in the light of summer and even winter, when the impetuous bora wind brings good weather.
www.touringclub.it /international_TCI/5_friuliveneziagiulia.asp   (641 words)

  
 History Channel Search Results
The University of Trieste (1938) is in the city, as is an institute for advanced study in physics (1978).
Trieste was built as a Roman port by the emperor
During the 8th century Trieste was ruled briefly by the Lombards of northern Italy and then passed to the Carolingian, or second, dynasty of Frankish kings.
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 Trieste, hotels, accommodations Trieste travel guide
Remote Trieste, a shimmering city with many neoclassical buildings, is perched on the half-moon Gulf of Trieste, which opens into the Adriatic.
In order to trace a breef history of the Carso we have to go back to 178 B.C., year of the first invasion of the area by tha Roman legions after brave fights against the Istrians, who then lived in the karst villages named castellieri.
Figures of international renown congregate in Trieste for performances of such works as Fritz Kreisler's "Sissi", "The Land of Smiles" and Franz Lear's "Judith".
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 Gulf of Trieste - Balkans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Gulf is limited by an imaginary line connecting the Punta Tagliamento on the Italian and Savudrija - Capo Salvore on the Croatian coast.
With the exception of flat islets blocking the entrance to Laguna del Grado, there are no islands in the gulf.
Its eastern coasts, with Trieste and the Slovene littoral, have more rugged relief; the most prominent features are Bay of Muggia, Bay of Koper - Capodistria and Bay of Piran - Pirano.
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 GRADO -  the Island of Sun in the Gulf of Trieste   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
GRADO - the Island of Sun in the Gulf of Trieste
Grado, the most important island in the Gulf of Trieste, with its climate, its hotels "fin-de-siècle", its historical buildings and its beaches.
Grado is located in the historic region of Trieste, at the geographical heart of Europe, an area that has played host to many different peoples and cultures, including the Celts, Romans, Huns, Byzantines, Lombards, Franks, Venetians, Ottomans, French, and Hapsburgs, before becoming a region of Italy.
triestenet.tripod.com /grado.htm   (1981 words)

  
 Trieste on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
WCI Completes Final Bay Colony Tower in Naples; Trieste Expected to Record $151 Million in Third Qua...
Triste Trieste - The capital of European culture that nobody knows.(four books on the provincial capital of Trieste)
All in the family: still going strong as it nears its 50th anniversary, Caffe Trieste in San Francisco offers regulars and tourists a place in the Giotta family.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Trieste.asp   (589 words)

  
 Trieste - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
an inlet of the Gulf of Venice at the head of the Adriatic Sea.
Held by Austria from 1382 until 1919, Trieste became in 1947 the center of the
In 1954 the territory was divided; the city and northern zone were given to Italy and the remainder of the area became part of Yugoslavia.
www.yourdictionary.com /ahd/t/t0354200.html   (73 words)

  
 Miscellaneous Tips- Trieste, Italy - VirtualTourist.com
History, with the figures of Maria Teresa and Giuseppe II, brought Trieste to be the meeting point of of the spirit of religious and culturale co-existence.
I enjoyed Trieste's Aquarium which was one of the only places open on the Sunday I visited.
In the same neighborhood of Trieste's newest campanile is its oldest campanile.
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