HISTORY OF TRIESTE:
The area of today's Trieste was settled in the Neolithic period, around the 10th century BC, when the Histri people occupied the region. In 177 BC, following the Roman conquest of Istria, the town of Tergeste appeared, populated mainly by the Veneti people. Read More [...]
In the 4th and 5th century AD, Trieste was a Byzantine military outpost, and in 788 the city was conquered by Charlemagne. By the end of the 12th century, Trieste developed into a free commune.
The neighboring Republic of Venice occupied the city in 1368, but the Venetians were forced to leave in 1372. In 1382, Trieste became part of the Habsburg Empire. In 1468, the city was sacked by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, the event being remembered as the Destruction of Trieste.
The Venetians occupied Trieste again in 1508, but one year later the Habsburg Empire recovered the city. By the 18th century, Trieste became an important port and commercial hub for the Austrians. Later, the city was briefly occupied by the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars, and returned to the Austrian Empire in 1813.
Italy annexed the city of Trieste only at the end of the First World War, after the Italian-Yugoslav Treaty of Rapallo of 1920.
GEOGRAPHY OF TRIESTE:
Trieste is a city of about 205,000 inhabitants located in northeastern Italy, on a narrow strip lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia. The city is the capital of the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Read More [...]
Trieste is located about 72 kilometers southeast of Udine, 110 kilometers southeast of Pordenone, 155 kilometers east of Venice, 257 kilometers east of Verona, 300 kilometers northeast of Bologna, 322 kilometers east of Brescia, 400 kilometers northeast of Florence, 408 kilometers east of Milan, 514 kilometers northeast of Genoa, 638 kilometers northeast of Rome, and 805 kilometers northeast of Naples.
TRANSPORT TO TRIESTE:
The closest airport is the Trieste-Friuli Venezia Giulia International Airport, located about 33 kilometers northwest of the city. To get to Trieste from the airport, you can take the APT Bus 51, for a one hour trip. The ticket costs 4.05€. Read More [...]
Trieste can also be reached from the Marco Polo Airport, in Mestre, located about 140 kilometers away, or from the Antonio Canova Airport, located near Treviso, about 147 kilometers away.
By train, you can get to Trieste from Udine in about 1 hour, from Venice in about 2 hours, and from Milan in about 5 hours. The cheapest ticket from Udine costs 7.95€, from Venice is 15.00€, and from Milan is 32.05€.
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN TRIESTE:
The most important tourist attractions in Trieste are Piazza Unità d'Italia (Unity of Italy Square), the main square of the city and the largest seafront square in Europe, Castello di San Giusto (Castle of Saint Justus), built by the Habsburgs between the 15th and 17th centuries on the San Giusto Hill, Cattedrale di San Giusto (Cathedral of Saint Justus), the cathedral of Trieste, Teatro Romano, the Roman Theater built in the first century AD, the Church of Sant'Antonio Taumaturgo, located at the end of the picturesque Canal Grande, and Arco di Riccardo (Arch of Riccardo), a Roman gate built in the year 33 AD. Read More [...]
About 8 kilometers northwest of Trieste, we can find the beautiful Castello Miramare, built between 1856 and 1860 from a project by Carl Junker, and about the same distance to the north, there is the giant Grotta Gigante, the second largest cave in the world opened to tourists.