Italia, Trieste

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...The ancient Tergeste is now a city of approximately 230,000 residents (about 260,000 within the Province), important port of the Adriatic Sea. It preserves interesting Roman, Medieval and neo-classic monuments and it is an important center for artistic, historical and scientific collections. Among other attractions, here you can also find the famous Castle of Miramare, past residence of Maximilian and Charlotte. And the Gulf, the Carso, the numerous caves, the Rosandra Valley, the Castle of Duino... While staying in Trieste, you can easily visit the famous Lipizzan Stud Farm and Dressage School in Lipiça, as well as the Caves of Postojna and Skocjan, and the Istrian coast-line in nearby Slovenia and Croatia.... Read review

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...Tempo fa scattai alcune foto della mia famiglia a Trieste con sullo sfondo il castello di Miramare. Chissà quanti lettori di CIAO COM avranno fatto altrettanto; foto ricordo del genere vengono scattate in continuazione in molti luoghi così anche in questo splendido parco, meta di migliaia di turisti ogni anno. Io, personalmente, però, mancavo di qualcosa: portavo a casa le immagini impresse sulla pellicola, ma senza conoscere alcun cenno storico di questo bel luogo vicino Trieste. In seguito ho scoperto che il castello di Miramare fu costruito su progetto di Carl Junke tra il 1855 e il 1860 su comissione dell'arciduca di Austria Massimiliano d'Asburgo che, nel 1850 a 18 anni voleva farsi "una casa" con giardino nei pressi di Schonbrun, ma poi, cambiando idea, acquistò il promontorio nei pressi della baia di Grignano (TS). All... Read review

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Advantages: Only two hours away, compact size
Disadvantages: Didn't have long enough there!

...On 5th March 1946 in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill, then Leader of the Opposition in Great Britain, declared 'From Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent.' Until I had cause to visit Trieste earlier this year that is what Trieste meant to me - a quote I learnt at school. It was fitting, then, that Trieste should be an overnight stop on my way to Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia and until the early 1990s behind the 'iron curtain' and firmly within the Soviet sphere of influence as defined by Churchill. Trieste is situated in the far north western corner of Italy in the region of Friulli-Venezia Giulia, which borders Slovenia and Austria. It is a former Habsburg city and this influence is apparent from the architectural styles of its more recent buildings, its cuisine... Read review

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Advantages: Only two hours away, compact size
Disadvantages: Didn't have long enough there!

...On 5th March 1946 in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill, then Leader of the Opposition in Great Britain, declared 'From Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent.' Until I had cause to visit Trieste earlier this year that is what Trieste meant to me - a quote I learnt at school. It was fitting, then, that Trieste should be an overnight stop on my way to Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia and until the early 1990s behind the 'iron curtain' and firmly within the Soviet sphere of influence as defined by Churchill. Trieste is situated in the far north western corner of Italy in the region of Friulli-Venezia Giulia, which borders Slovenia and Austria. It is a former Habsburg city and this influence is apparent from the architectural styles of its more recent buildings, its cuisine... Read review

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Advantages: cheap, enough to occupy you for a few hours, easy to reach
Disadvantages: not that much to see really

...Jason and the Argonauts were said to have stopped in Trieste in the hunt for the Golden Fleece. With this being Italy I had been expecting this to be a case of the Golden Fleecing of a stupid tourist… Read on to see if I got fleeced… --- During my recent trip to Slovenia, I decided to take a day trip to Trieste, especially as it was only just over an hour away by bus from Piran, where I was staying. It also gave me a chance to try and complete a set of Italian Euro coins or two for friends (demanding friends I have!). The other recent was to be able to say that I had visited both ends of the where Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” stood. Churchill’s quote was as follows: “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an Iron Curtain has come down over Europe”, a quote which has of course descended into history. Well of course... Read review

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...The ancient Tergeste is now a city of approximately 230,000 residents (about 260,000 within the Province), important port of the Adriatic Sea. It preserves interesting Roman, Medieval and neo-classic monuments and it is an important center for artistic, historical and scientific collections. Among other attractions, here you can also find the famous Castle of Miramare, past residence of Maximilian and Charlotte. And the Gulf, the Carso, the numerous caves, the Rosandra Valley, the Castle of Duino... While staying in Trieste, you can easily visit the famous Lipizzan Stud Farm and Dressage School in Lipiça, as well as the Caves of Postojna and Skocjan, and the Istrian coast-line in nearby Slovenia and Croatia.... Read review

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