Around the Adriatic: Italy - Trieste, Monday, 2019 April 15


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April 15th 2019
Published: June 30th 2020
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We had a late start at 10:00, which allowed me to write notes and others to go for a walk on the sea front. We drove through the 5 km tunnel again. Coming out, Tomas pointed out the top of Mount Ucka shining in clear sun. After some highway travel, we turned onto a local road and then onto a single-lane, recently-asphalted road that wound in an intricate pattern through villages and local houses... Read Full Entry



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Holy Trinity Church altar Holy Trinity Church altar
Holy Trinity Church altar

Certainly not the United Church of my youth!
Bible stories Bible stories
Bible stories

serving an illiterate society
Bible stories Bible stories
Bible stories

Can you read the pictures?
Seasons of the year  Seasons of the year
Seasons of the year

Fullness of summer
Seasons of the year Seasons of the year
Seasons of the year

Harvest months
Trieste seen from Slovenia  Trieste seen from Slovenia
Trieste seen from Slovenia

Note the line of the Iron Curtain
Socerb Castle, first mentioned in 1040Socerb Castle, first mentioned in 1040
Socerb Castle, first mentioned in 1040

Patron saint of Trieste and martyr, St. Socerb
1905 port building1905 port building
1905 port building

Intricate decorative details
Palazzo del Gorverno 1905Palazzo del Gorverno 1905
Palazzo del Gorverno 1905

Viennese Architect, Emil Artman
Lloyd Triestino, shipping companyLloyd Triestino, shipping company
Lloyd Triestino, shipping company

Former headquarters, now reorganized and renamed
Trieste Commodity Exchange 1806 Trieste Commodity Exchange 1806
Trieste Commodity Exchange 1806

Add Greek revival to the architectural mix
Piazza Unita D'Italia Piazza Unita D'Italia
Piazza Unita D'Italia

Heart of historic Trieste



7th July 2020

Slovenia got the short straw when it comes to access to the Adriatic, didn't they? Trieste and that little strip immediately north look like they should be Slovenian. Was that the bit that changed hands 4 times in as many decades? Anyway, it's lovely country with stunning old buildings. I bet you were glad of good walking shoes. My only extended experience with cobblestones was in Guatemala and I'm amazed I got out without turning an ankle.
7th July 2020

Trieste
All of these countries are very close together. Trieste is the city/area that changed nationalities so many times in early-mid part of the twentieth century. And, I do remember during the Dayton negotiations that Slovenia was adamant that it had to have access to the Adriatic.

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