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Trieste (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 38 55 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.6486 decimal degrees |
| Long: 013 46 48 E degrees minutes |
Long: 13.7800 decimal degrees |
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Note: Most important seaport of N Adriatic; ruled by Venice 1202, by Austria 1382; given to Italy in Treaty of Rapallo 1920; seized by Nazis 1943; made a Free Territory 1947, but zones of city were divided with Yugoslavia; entire city restored to Italy 1954. |
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| Trieste (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| Triest (C,O)
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| Trst (C,O)
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| Triestan (C,V,English,U,A)
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| טרייסט (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Tergeste (H,V)
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............ | Roman |
| Tergestum (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
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Trieste (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as a Roman colony ca. 177 BC, on site of an ancient settlement |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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since 1963 |
| provincial capital (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| free port (C) |
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first established under reign of Charles VI in 1719 until privilege was revoked in 1891; reestablished after negotiations with Italy & former nation of Yugoslavia in 1954 |
| episcopal see (H) |
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from the 9th-13th cen., when the power of the bishops was usurped by the independent Commune of Trieste & later by Venice |
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