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frazioni = See list |
telephone = 040|
postalcode = 34100|
gentilic = Triestini|
saint = San Giusto|
day = November 3 |
mayor = Roberto Dipiazza (since 2001) |
website = [http://www.comune.trieste.it www.comune.trieste.it] |
}}Trieste (Italian: Trieste; Slovenian, Serbian, and Croatian: Trst; German: Triest) is a city and port in northeastern Italy right on the border with Slovenia. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste on the Adriatic Sea. With a population of 207,069 (2001) it is the capital of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trieste province.Trieste flourished as part of Austria, from 1382 (the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867) until 1918 when it was among Central Europe's most prosperous Mediterranean seaports as well as a capital of literature and music. However, the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Trieste's annexation to Italy after World War I