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Trieste Italy

Trieste is a city in north‑east Italy. Once a very influential and powerful centre of politics, literature, music, art and culture under Austro‑Hungarian rule, its importance declined towards the end of the 20th century, and today Trieste is often overlooked as tourists head off to the big Italian cities like Rome and Milan. It is, however, a very charming and underrated city, with a quiet and lovely, almost Eastern European atmosphere, plenty of pubs and cafés, some stunning architecture and a beautiful sea view. It was also, for a time, home to the famous Irish writer James Joyce. Trieste is the most international city in the region, suspended between a glorious past as the “Little Vienna on the Sea” and its present as a cosmopolitan city. It offers a journey of discovery through the city’s history, literature and art, from the Roman era to medieval marvels to Habsburg‑era splendour. The wealth of architectural styles in Trieste’s palaces is remarkable: Neoclassical, Art Nouveau, Eclectic and Baroque coexist in a harmonious blend with Roman remains, eighteenth‑century buildings and Habsburg‑style architecture. Coffee is one of Trieste’s flagship products. A free port for the importation of coffee since the eighteenth century, Trieste’s harbour is the most important in the Mediterranean for the coffee trade: the beans that arrive here are destined not only for local roasters but also for coffee producers all around the world. Coffee in Trieste also moves in step with literature: the city is famous for its many beautiful literary cafés, historic venues with retro charm that were frequented by poets and writers such as James Joyce, Italo Svevo and Umberto Saba.

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