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Definition: Trieste from Philip's Encyclopedia

City on the Gulf of Trieste, at the head of the Adriatic Sea, NE Italy. It was an imperial free port from 1719 to 1891, and became an Austrian crown land in 1867. It was ceded to Italy in 1919, occupied by Yugoslavia in 1945 and returned to Italy in 1954. It is an important industrial and commercial centre with large shipyards. Industries: steel, textiles and petroleum. Pop. (2000) 215,096.


Trieste

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(trēĕ'stā), Serbo-Croatian Trst , city (1991 pop. 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). A major seaport with several shipyards, it is also a commercial and industrial center. Manufactures include machinery, metals, and processed food. Trieste is also the terminus of pipelines from Eastern Europe. An ancient settlement, it was made a Roman colony (2d cent. B.C. ), called Tergeste. It prospered under the Romans, was later held by the Lombards, and was taken by Charlemagne in the late 8th cent. In the 12th cent. it became a free commune. After two centuries of struggle with its rival Venice, Trieste placed itself (1382) under the control of the duke of Austria, although it retained administrative autonomy until the 18th cent. In 1719 it was made a free port. As the sole Austrian port and as a natural outlet for central Europe, Trieste flourished, and in 1867 the crown land of Trieste was…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(trēĕ'stā), Serbo-Croatian Trst , city (1991 pop. 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). A major seaport with several shipyards, it is also a commercial and industrial center. Manufactures include…
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From Encyclopedia of Seas: The Adriatic Sea Encyclopedia
The City of Trieste, Italy. (Source:...
Trieste – a city, bordering with Slovenia with more than 2000 years of history in the northeast of Italy, on the shores of the Gulf of Trieste on the Adriatic Sea, a large port (the second in terms of cargo turnover), having the status of a free port. It is the capital of Friuli Region. The…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
or in full Free Territory of Trieste. Province of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. See table at italy . or in full Free Territory of Trieste. Commercial seaport, ✽ of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and of Trieste prov., NE Italy, at head of the Adriatic Sea on the Gulf of Trieste, on NW side of Istrian Penin.; …
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Seaport city (pop., 2001 prelim.: 209,520), capital of Friuli–Venezia Giulia region, northeastern Italy. It lies at the head of the Adriatic Sea on the Gulf of Trieste. It was under Roman control from the 2nd century bc until the collapse of the empire; then it was under episcopal rule (948–1202). …
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Port and administrative capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Italy, on the Adriatic coast, opposite Venice; population (2001) 211,200. It is the largest seaport on the Adriatic, extending for 13 km/8 mi along the Gulf of Trieste. There are large shipyards, and an oil pipeline linked with refineries in…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Former region, western Istria , southern Europe, surrounding and including the city of Trieste . It was occupied by Yugoslavia in 1945. The UN established it as a free territory in 1947. It was divided for administrative purposes into two zones: Zone A in the north, including the city, was under the…
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Full text Article JUSTUS of Trieste (d. 303?)

From Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity
The famous Hieronymian Martyrology , compiled in the Venetian area around the middle of the 5th c., records a St. Justus for 2, 3, 8 and 16 November, but on none of these dates is he referred to Istria, let alone to Trieste, but rather to * Africa or *Capppadocia, to * Capua or to * Caesarea in…
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Full text Article Gulf of Trieste (Golfo di Trieste)

From Encyclopedia of Seas: The Adriatic Sea Encyclopedia
Gulf of Trieste. (Source:...
Gulf of Trieste (Golfo di Trieste) – a broad bay in the extreme north of the Adriatic Sea, part of the Gulf of Venice. It extends to the coast for 40 km. The width at the entrance is 35 km. The depths in the bay do not exceed 25 m. In the eastern part of the bay there is the port of Trieste. The…
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