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Trieste (ItalianTrieste, Slovenian/CroatianComfort) is a city in Italy. It is the capital of the region Friuli Venezia Giulia. The flourishing port city belonged to the Austrian Habsburg monarchy for centuries. This is reflected in the typical Austro-Hungarian architecture and a rich cultural heritage at the intersection of the Mediterranean, Italian and Slavic (Slovenian / Croatian) as well as the German-Austrian cultural area.
background
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history
Trieste belonged to the Austrian Empire until 1918 and was its most important port. Among other things, the Austrian Navy was stationed here. Within the Habsburg Monarchy, Trieste had the status of an imperial city. At that time the city was strongly multicultural: Italians, Slovenes and Germans lived here; Christians and Jews. The official language was German, most of the city's residents spoke Italian, and Slovenian in the suburbs and the surrounding area. The cityscape is still characterized by magnificent buildings in the Austro-Hungarian style, similar to those on the Vienna Ringstrasse. Trieste was a very prosperous city: in 1906 the average per capita income here was six times higher than in Vienna. Trieste was also considered one of the most important literary cities in Central Europe; among other things lived James Joyce here from 1905 to 1915.
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After the First World War, Trieste came along with his istrian Hinterland to Italy. At the end of the Second World War, the city was occupied by Yugoslav partisans. From 1947 to 1954 this formed Free territory of Trieste (including today's Slovenian cities Twill and Piran belonged) under the supervision of the Allies an autonomous state with its own currency, banks, postal system, postage stamps, license plates, state symbols and parliament. In view of the beginning of the Cold War, however, conflicts broke out between the protecting powers - communist Yugoslavia on the one hand, the Western Allies USA and Great Britain on the other - and the various ethnic groups (Italians, Slovenes and Croats). Eventually the territory was divided up and given partly to Italy and partly to Yugoslavia. Since then, Trieste has formed an Italian tip, which is only connected to the heartland by a narrow strip of land, while the southern and eastern environs already belong to Slovenia (from the city center to the border it is only about 10 km).
As a result of this changeable history between different states and nationalities, the director describes Giuseppe Tornatore Trieste as “the most un-Italian of all Italian or the most Italian of all non-Italian cities” (“la più straniera delle citta italiane, e la più italiana delle citta straniere”). Tornatores films are also playing in Trieste The unknown (2006) and The Best Offer - The highest bid (2013).
Trieste and the coffee
Trieste can rightly call itself Italy's coffee capital. Most of the green coffee imported into Italy is unloaded in Trieste: 2.5 million sacks per year. The Trieste also drink almost twice as much coffee on average as in the rest of the country. Hermann Hausbrandt, a former Austrian naval officer, founded his in 1892 coffee roastery of the same namewho was one of the first to develop the typical espresso roast. The company still exists today, but is no longer owned by the Hausbrandt family, but was taken over by Segafredo Zanetti and no longer roasts in Trieste. Since it was founded in 1933 until today, however, the family-run coffee company has continued to run Illy its seat in Trieste. The founder Francesco Illy (actually Illy Ferenc) came from by the way Timisoara and had a Hungarian father and a German mother. He developed the preservation of roasted coffee in oxygen-free tin cans as well as the Illeta, Forerunner of all espresso machines commonly used today. To this day, Trieste has a unique coffee house culture. Cafés are not only used for the consumption of hot drinks, but are also important social meeting places. A large part of public life takes place here.
In Trieste there are also special terms for ordering coffee: An espresso is called here nero ("Black"), capo is an espresso with a dash of milk, deca (short for decaffeinato) means decaffeinated. If you want to have the coffee served in a glass, you add in bí (of bicchiere= "Glass"). These terms can also be combined with each other: Capo deca in bí is a decaffeinated espresso with a dash of milk in the glass. Behind goccia (literally "drops") is an espresso with a dollop of milk foam. A caffèlatte corresponds roughly to a cappuccino (and not a coffee with a lot of milk as in the rest of Italy). This special "coffee language" is only valid in Trieste, 30 km away Monfalcone is understood by nero a red wine!
getting there
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By plane
The 1 Aeroporto Trieste - Friuli Venezia Giulia(IATA: TRS) is located 30 km from Trieste. There are direct connections with Lufthansa from Munich as well as with TUI fly from Hamburg and Hanover. There are also transfer connections with Alitalia via Rome or Milan as well as with Adriatic via Ljubljana (the latter not with a connecting flight but bus transfer to Trieste).
Trains run from the airport to the main train station several times an hour, the journey takes half an hour.
If a direct flight to Trieste is not possible, you can go to instead Ljubljana (115 km away), Venice or Treviso (each 150 km) fly. From Ljubljana Airport offers GoOpti Shuttle services to Trieste. From Venice airport there is a bus connection with Flixbus.
By train
From Austria you can take the RailJet from Vienna, Wr. Neustadt, Klagenfurt or Villach Udine and change there to a regional train to Trieste. It takes 7:15 hours from Vienna to Trieste and 3½ hours from Klagenfurt. From Munich or Salzburg you can take the NightJet to Udine overnight, where there is a connection to Trieste in the morning.
Within Italy, you can reach Trieste twice a day with the Frecciarossa high-speed train from Milan in 4½ hours, from Verona in a good three hours. Regional express trains run from Venice to Trieste almost every hour, the journey takes a good two hours. Regional express connections also exist every two hours with Treviso (2½ hours) and Pordenone (1:45). Regional trains run approximately every hour from Udine (a good 1 hour) and Gorizia (45 minutes). There is also a night train connection from Rome to Trieste.
By bus
Flixbus runs several times a week from Germany or Austria to Trieste.
Arriva offers bus connections with neighboring Slovenia: nine times a day to / from Twill (Travel time 45 minutes), each twice a day from / to Piran (1½ hours) and Ljubljana (1:40 hours).
In the street
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The classic road approach leads, of course, via Triester Straße, which in Vienna is on Matzleinsdorfer Platz starts and over Semmering, Graz and Laibach leads directly to Trieste. During the monarchy it connected the royal seat with the most important port of the empire. But the Triester Straße has lost its traffic significance today and lives on mainly as the street name of the villages it traversed.
- From eastern Austria or northern Slovenia, the best route today is via Graz and Ljubljana, then via the Slovenian A1 to Divača, where you change to the A3. You either leave the Slovenian A3 in Sežana, cross the border to Italy in Fernetti and follow the old Triester Reichsstraße, which is called "Strada per Vienna" in Italy, via Opicina. Shortly after Opicina, turn right onto Via Bonomea and follow it to the end in the Gretta district; about three kilometers north of the old town. Alternatively, you can cross the border on the motorway, then follow the motorway bypass ri. Koper and curves around the entire city in the south until you come out on the Uferschnellstraße, which leads directly to the city center or the old port.
- From central and western Austria as well as the rest of the German-speaking countries, the best way to get there is via the Italian A4, which can be reached either via Villach-Udine or via Brenner-Verona.
- From Istria you drive to Trieste via Koper. On this route you have to note that you also need a motorway vignette for the short distance through Slovenia. Toll-free journeys to Trieste are possible, but difficult to find due to the lack of good signage. A good option is to drive from Umag at the northern end of the Istrian Ypsilon on the Slovenian national road 11 to Koper, where you do not enter the expressway but turn right at the first roundabout after the motorway exit onto Ankaranska Cesta. Follow this past the harbor to the end. Turn left onto regional road 406. Continue straight on via Ankaran and across the border at Lazzaretto and reach Trieste via the SP 406.
- From Rijeka follow the A7 to the Rupa exit, drive straight on over the D8 and the Slovenian national road 7 to the border at Pesek and reach Trieste via the SS 14. Toll-free in Slovenia.
By boat
Shipping from Muggia, Miramar Castle and the island Grado. Cruise ships stop at Trieste around 30 to 40 times Molo dei Bersaglieri invest.
mobility
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Within the city center, most of the attractions are no more than a kilometer apart. The best way to get around here is on foot.
Local public transport is operated by Trieste Trasporti operated. Buses are mainly used for this.
A special feature is the meter-gauge overland tram that connects the center of Trieste with the suburb of Opicina, 5 km to the north. In doing so, it overcomes a difference in altitude of 340 meters. In some parts the incline is 26 percent - there the tram is pulled uphill or braked downhill by a funicular. The vehicles date from the 1930s and 40s. The starting point is at 2 Piazza Guglielmo Oberdan. Note: Operations are currently suspended due to an accident and damage to the track system. A date for the restart has not yet been set (Dec. 2019).
Trieste Trasporti also operates two shipping lines: Triest – Muggia (all year round; runs approximately every 70 minutes; the crossing takes half an hour; round trip € 8.15) and Triest – Barcola – Grignano – Sistiana (only in summer; runs four times per day; the journey to Barcola takes 15 minutes, to Grignano 40 minutes, to Sistiana 1:20 hours; complete route € 7). The pier in Trieste is at the Molo dei Bersaglieri.
Tourist Attractions
Churches
- 1 Cattedrale di San Giusto (Trieste Cathedral). Romanesque episcopal church from the early 14th century. A Roman propylon stood here from the 1st century AD, then a pagan basilica and a Capitoline temple, and finally from the 5th century a primitive, early Christian basilica. Remains of the previous buildings, e.g. B. a mosaic, were taken over into today's cathedral building.
- 2 Chiesa Sant’Antonio Taumaturgo (Sant’Antonio Nuovo). The largest church in town, near the Grand Canal (waterway). Built 1825–49, classicistic.
- 3 Chiesa Santa Maria Maggiore. Built 1627–1682, baroque.
- 4 Santuario Mariano di Monte Grisa (Pilgrimage Church of Monte Grisa). Monumental exposed concrete building in the style of brutalism, built 1963–65. The sanctuary was donated out of gratitude that Trieste was largely spared during World War II.
- 5 Chiesa di San Nicolò dei Greci (Greek Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas). Built 1784–95, classicistic.
- 6 Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Spyridon (Tempio serbo-ortodosso della Santissima Trinità e di San Spiridione). 1868–85 built in neo-Byzantine style. Main facade with valuable mosaics.
Castles, chateaux and palaces
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- 7 Castello di San Giusto, Piazza della Cattedrale 3. Tel.: 39 040 309362. 15th century fortress. It is located on the hill of the same name, which was the center of the Roman colony in ancient times Tergeste was. Today the complex houses a castle museum with a collection of historical weapons.
- 8 Miramar Castle (Castello di Miramare), Viale Miramare, 34014 Grignano. Tel.: 39 040 224143, Fax: 39 040 224220, Email: [email protected]. Castle built between 1856 and 1860 by the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, who was Governor General of Lombardy-Venetia at the time. It is a typical fairytale castle that reflects a romanticized idea of medieval architectural styles. Miramare means "view of the sea", which is also very appropriate. Maximilian was made Emperor of Mexico in 1863 and the coronation took place in Miramar. However, the imperial crown brought him no luck and he was executed four years later. Members of the Habsburg imperial family then used the Miramar as a summer residence. After the Second World War, this was the Allied military headquarters; it has been a museum since 1955. The castle is surrounded by extensive, very beautiful gardens.
Buildings
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- 9 Palazzo Carciotti, Riva Tre Novembre, 13. Built 1798–1805, classicistic; overlooking the harbor.
- 10 Palazzo del Tergesteo, Piazza della Borsa. Built 1840–1842.
- 11 Palazzo del Lloyd Triestino, Piazza Unità d'Italia. 1880–1883 built in ekklectic style ("k.u.k style"). Former headquarters of the insurance company of the same name, today the government building of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.
- 12 Palazzo del Governo, Piazza Unità d'Italia. 1901–1905 built as the palace of the Austrian governor; today prefecture of the province of Trieste. A large ballroom is used for public events. A special apartment is reserved for visits by the Italian President to Trieste.
- 13 Palazzo delle Poste, Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 1st floor. Former k.k. Main post office; Built between 1890 and 1894 in the neo-baroque style. Today it serves as a branch of the Italian Post Office and houses the Central European Post and Telegraph Museum (Museo postale e telegrafico della Central Europe).
Monuments
Museums
- 14 Science Center Immaginario Scientifico, Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta 15, 34014 Grignano (TS), Magazzino 26, Porto Vecchio (8 km north of the city center, 650 m from Miramare Castle). Tel.: 39 040 224424, Fax: 39 040 224439. Scientific museum.
- 15 Museo Revoltella, Via Diaz 27, 34123 Trieste. Tel.: 39 040 6754350, Fax: 39 040 675 4137, Email: [email protected]. Scientific museum.
- 16 Civico Museo Sartorio, Largo Papa Giovanni XXIII 1, 34100 Trieste, Largo Papa Giovanni XXIII, 1 - Trieste. Tel.: 39 040 301479, Fax: 39 040 30 06 87, Email: [email protected]. Art museum.Open: Tue - Sun 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Museo commerciale (Chamber of Commerce Museum), Via San Nicolò 7 (I-34100 Trieste). Open: Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.Price: free.
- 17 Risiera di San Sabba, Via Giovanni Palatucci 5. Tel.: 39 040 826202, Fax: 040 8330974. Memorial in a former National Socialist concentration camp, where Jews, partisans and anti-fascists were interned, murdered or transported to the extermination camps during the German occupation from 1943 to 1945.
Streets and squares
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- 18 Piazza Unità d'Italia (also Piazza Grande, earlier Piazza Francesco Giuseppe) - main city square. A special feature is that it is open to the sea on one side. The other three sides are lined with magnificent buildings from the Austro-Hungarian era (1870s to 1900s), similar to those on Vienna's Ringstrasse. These include the town hall (Palazzo Comunale) at the front (opposite the port), the Palazzo del Lloyd Triestino and the Grand Hotel Duchi d'Aosta on one long side, as well as the Palazzo del Governo (formerly the palace of the Austrian governor) and the classicist palazzo Stratti (with the well-known coffee house Caffè degli Specchi) on the other. The late baroque "Fountain of the Four Continents" (Australia was not yet discovered) and a statue of Emperor Charles VI are located on the square. from the middle of the 18th century.
- 19 Piazza della Borsa - Another central square with representative buildings, especially the eponymous stock exchange in the classical style (today the seat of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry).
Parks
various
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- 20 Trieste port - Free port and largest seaport in the upper Adriatic. The old harbor near the city center is particularly worth seeing (Punto Franco Vecchio)
- 21 Il Quadrilatero (ATER) - Complex built in 1969–83 as a social housing complex with 468 apartments for 2,500 residents in the Rozzol Melara district. The modernist architecture is based on Le Corbusier's concepts. Due to the fortress-like appearance, the rectangular complex also bears the nickname Alcatraz.
- 22 Barcola - Northern suburb with a predominantly Slovene-speaking population (4 km from the city center; approximately halfway to Miramare). With its free access to the sea, it has a high quality of life. The 5 km long promenade serves as a local recreation area.
activities
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- 1 Verdi Theater, Riva Tre Novembre 1 / Piazza Giuseppe Verdi. In the classicist theater, which opened in 1801 and has 1,300 seats, not only operas can be seen and heard, but also operettas, ballet programs and symphony concerts.
- Sports : In the surroundings of Trieste (especially in the Karst and Val Rosandra) you can choose from various activities such as cycling, paragliding, hang gliding, climbing, caving, tennis, horse riding, golf (Padriciano), bowling (Duino)
Barcola (near Miramare Castle) is the ideal place for swimming, sailing, windsurfing, canoeing and diving.
shop
- 1 Herbarium erboristeria, Corso Italia 26, 34122 Trieste. In some travel guides, the products of the herb fairy Martina Malalan are touted as an insider tip. A trip into the Karst is no longer necessary, all products have been available here since November 2019.(45 ° 38 '59 "N.13 ° 46 ′ 34 ″ E)facebook url used
kitchen
In Trieste, the Italian-Mediterranean and Austrian culinary traditions meet, or - in the words of the Trieste-based writer Veit Heinichen - “here the world is divided into butter and olive oil”. You can eat cornetti here, but also donuts or apple strudel; Bread dumplings or sauerkraut and beer as well as calamari with polenta or ravioli and wine. Thanks to its location on the Adriatic, fresh fish and seafood play an important role.
- 1 Antica Trattoria Le Barettine, Via del Bastione, 3 Trieste. Tel.: 39 040 3229528, Email: [email protected]. Seafood restaurant, wide selection of wines. In the historic center of Trieste.Open: Mon-Tue 12.30pm-3pm, Thu-Sun 12.30pm-3pm and 7.30pm-11pm. Closed on wednesday.Price: € 30 - € 50.
- 2 Trattoria da Giovanni, 14, v. S. Lazzaro - Trieste. Tel.: 39 040 639396. Trieste cuisine, such as tripe, barley and bean stew, stockfish sauce baccalà mantecato, Squids with polenta, etc.Open: Mon-Sat 8.30 a.m. - 3 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. - 10.30 p.m., closed on Sundays.
- 3 Capuchin cellar, Via Pozzo del Mare 1, 34121 Trieste. Tel.: 39 040 307997. If you are tired of Italian cuisine, this is the right place for you, or you want to bring Italian friends closer to Bavarian delicacies.Open: Mon-Sat 12pm – 3pm and 7pm – 1am, closed on Sundays.
- 4 Antica Ghiacceretta, Via dei Fornelli, 2, 34122 Trieste. Tel.: 39 040 3220307. A fish restaurant in the center of Trieste, with traditional, authentic cuisine.Open: Mon-Sat 12.30pm-2.30pm and 7.30pm-11pm, closed on Sundays.Price: Menu from 45 € including wine.
- 5 Arcoriccardo Ristorante, Via del Trionfo 3 / a, Trieste. Tel.: 39 040 2401446. Open: 12 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. - 11.30 p.m., closed Mon-Wed in winter, closed on Mondays in summer.Price: menu with drinks between € 35 and € 45.
Cafes
- 6 Antico Caffè San Marco, Via Cesare Battisti 18. The most famous café in town, founded in 1914. Traditional meeting place for intellectuals and artists, including The writers Italo Svevo, James Joyce, Umberto Saba and Claudio Magris were regulars here.
- 7 Pasticceria Caffè Pirona, Largo della Barriera Vecchia 12. Café and pastry shop founded in 1900. Italo Svevo, James Joyce and Umberto Saba were guests here.
- 8 Caffè degli Specchi, Piazza Unità d'Italia 7.
- 9 Caffè Tommaseo, Piazza Nicolò Tommaseo 4, Piazza Niccolò Tommaseo 4, 34122 Trieste. Founded in 1830, it is the oldest coffee house still in operation in the city. Meeting place for merchants, artists and other intellectuals.
nightlife
accommodation
Cheap
- Ostello della gioventù, Viale Miramare (bus n.36 from piazza Oberdan o lato stazione in direzione Grignano).
- Hotel Brioni, Via Ginnastica 2. Tel.: 39 040 772942, Fax: 39 040 772942.
- Hotel Istria, Via Timeus 5. Tel.: 39 040 371343, Fax: 39 040 371343.
- Hotel Portacavana, Via Felice Venetian 14. Tel.: 39 040 301313, Fax: 39 040 301313.
- Nuovo Hotel Centro, Via Roma 13. Tel.: 39 040 3478790, Fax: 39 040 3475258.
- Affittacamere Ghega, Via Ghega 3. Tel.: 39 340 7042896.
medium
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- Abbazia, Via della Geppa 20. Tel.: 39 040 369464, Fax: 39 040 369464.
- Alla Posta, Piazza Oberdan 1. Tel.: 39 040 365208, Fax: 39 040 633720.
- Best Western San Giusto, Via dell'Istria 7. Tel.: 39 040 764824, Fax: 39 040 763826.
- Città di Parenzo, Via degli Artisti 8. Tel.: 39 040 631133, Fax: 39 040 367510.
- Hotel Milano, Via Ghega 17. Tel.: 39 040 369680, Fax: 39 040 369727.
- Nuovo Hotel Impero, Via S. Anastasio 1. Tel.: 39 040 364242, Fax: 39 040 365023.
- Hotel Al Ponte, Viale Trieste 124. Tel.: 39 0481 961116, Fax: 39 0481 93795.
Upscale
- Grand Hotel Duchi D'Aosta, Piazza Unità d'Italia 2/1. Tel.: 39 040 7600011, Fax: 39 040 366092.
- Urban hotel design, Androna Chiusa 4. Tel.: 39 040 302065, Fax: 39 040 307223.
- Hotel Greif Maria Theresia, Viale Miramare 109. Tel.: 39 040 410115, Fax: 39 040 413053.
- Hotel Miramare, Viale Miramare 325/1. Tel.: 39 040 2247085, Fax: 39 040 2247086.
- Hotel Riviera & Maximilian's, Strada Costiera. Tel.: 39 040 224551, Fax: 39 040 224300.
Learn
- Language school Istituto Venezia, Via del Collegio 6, 34124. Italian language courses for all language levels.
Work
security
health
Practical advice
- 3 San Giusto Park, Via del Teatro Romano, 16. There has recently been an underground car park at the Roman theater in the hill of San Giusto with 300 spaces for short-term parking. From a parking time of 5 hours, there is a 10% voucher on the homepage. There are also discount vouchers in the hotels.Open: 24 hours a day.Price: 1.60 / hour, 15.00 / day.(45 ° 38 '56 "N.13 ° 46 ′ 14 ″ E)
trips
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- 23 Grotta Gigante, Borgo Grotta Gigante, Sgonico (TS) (10 km north). Tel.: 39 040 327312, Fax: 39 040 368550. Stalactite cave.
- 24 Giardino botanico Carsiana, Sgonico 55, 34010 Sgonico (TS) (14 km north of Trieste; 5 km from the Grotta Gigante). Mobile: 39 333 4056800. Botanical Garden.
- Muggia. 10 km south; 30 min by ferry. The northernmost town of Istria and the only one that remained with Italy after 1947; Gothic cathedral and castle.
- 25 Rosandra Valley (Val Rosandra), San Dorligo della Valle (12 km east). Nature park: The Rosandra river has cut deep into the Trieste Karst here.
- Duino-Aurisina. Approx. 20 km northwest, with the Monte Ermada, Villaggio del Pescatore (place where dinosaur bones were found) and the Mithraeum (temple of the ancient Mithras cult) of Duino.
- 26 Castello di Duino. Castle towering spectacularly over the sea. From the 16th century it was owned by the Thurn-Hofer and Valsassina and Thurn and Taxis families. Prominent guests who stayed here temporarily included the Austrian imperial couple Franz Joseph I and Elisabeth ("Sissi"), the writers Victor Hugo and Mark Twain, the composer Johann Strauss, Archduke Maximilian of Austria (who then had the nearby Miramar Castle built and later became Emperor of Mexico) and the Austrian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand. The poet Rainer Maria Rilke was a guest of Countess Marie von Thurn und Taxis-Hohenlohe here in 1912 and wrote his own Duino Elegies.
- Monfalcone. 30 km northwest. Port city on the northernmost tip of the Adriatic; late medieval fortress (rocca) from the Ostrogoth period.
- Gorizia. Gorizia; 45 km northwest.
- Aquileia. 50 km northwest.
- Grado. 52 km west.
- Palmanova. 53 km northwest.
- Udine. 75 km northwest.
literature
- Claudio Magris: Trieste - A literary capital in Central Europe, dtv, 2005ISBN 3-423-34175-0
- Veit Heinichen: The author and Berlin-Verlag co-founder and former managing director has four crime novels that take place in Trieste and the surrounding area, as well as a travel guide Veit Heinichen who now lives in Trieste himself and has developed into an expert in the history of the city.
- Veit Heinichen, Ami Scabar: Trieste - city of the winds, Sanssouci at Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2005; ISBN 3-7254-1376-2
- Evelyn Rupperti: Friuli - Venezia Giulia. The Great Travel Guide; Pp. 179-224, Vienna-Graz-Klagenfurt 2006, Carinthia publishing house; ISBN 3-85378-593-X
- Gerhard Pilgram, Wilhelm Berger, Gerhard Maurer: Searching for the distance - on foot from Carinthia to Trieste - a hiking-travel-reading book, Vienna-Graz-Klagenfurt 2006, Carinthia publishing house; ISBN 3-85378-594-8
Web links
- http://www.comune.trieste.it - Trieste official website
Palazzo del Municipio di Trieste
Panorama dal colle di San Giusto
Giardino nel Parco del Castello di Miramare
Baia di Grignano
Canoni puntati verso il mare in the Parco del Castello di Miramare
Acquario
Chiesa di Sant'Antonio e il Grand Canal