Editing Trieste (section)

{{Short description|City in Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Italy}}
{{Redirect|Tergeste|the asteroid|478 Tergeste|other uses|Trieste (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Trieste
| official_name = Comune di Trieste
|native_name={{native name|sl|Trst}} <br /> {{native name|de|Triest}} <br /> {{native name|fur|Triest}}| image_skyline = {{multiple image
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 | image1 =Trieste Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia bei Nacht 03.JPG
 | caption1 =[[Piazza Unità d'Italia]]
 | image2 =Chiesa Di Sant Antonio Taumaturgo (cropped).jpeg
 | caption2 =[[Canal Grande (Trieste)|Canal Grande]] with [[Sant'Antonio Taumaturgo, Trieste|Sant'Antonio Taumaturgo Church]]
 | image3 =Trieste San Spiridone 5.JPG
 | caption3 =[[Saint Spyridon Church, Trieste|Saint Spyridon Church]]
 | image4 =4859TriesteArcoRiccardo.jpg
 | caption4 =[[Arco di Riccardo]]
 | image5 =Castello di Miramare (Trieste) (7).jpg
 | caption5 =[[Miramare Castle]]
 | image6 =Frontemare di Trieste (cropped).jpg 
 | caption6 =view of Trieste from [[Molo Audace]]
}}
| image_alt = 
| image_flag = Free Territory Trieste Flag.svg
| flag_alt = 
| image_shield = Trieste-Stemma.svg
| shield_alt = 
| image_map =Flag map of Trieste.svg 
| map_alt = 
| map_caption =Flag map of Trieste 
| pushpin_label_position = 
| pushpin_map = Italy#Italy Friuli-Venezia Giulia
| coordinates = {{coord|45|39|1|N|13|46|13|E|region:Yugoslavia-TS_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| region = [[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]]
| province = [[Province of Trieste|Trieste]]
| frazioni = Banne (Bani), Barcola (Barkovlje), Basovizza (Bazovica), Borgo San Nazario, Cattinara (Katinara), Conconello (Ferlugi), Contovello (Kontovel), Grignano (Grljan), Gropada (Gropada), Longera (Lonjer), Miramare (Miramar), Opicina (Opčine), Padriciano (Padriče), Prosecco (Prosek), Santa Croce (Križ), Servola (Škedenj), Trebiciano (Trebče)
| mayor_party = [[Forza Italia (2013)|FI]]
| mayor = [[Roberto Dipiazza]]
| area_footnotes = 
| area_total_km2 = 84.49
| population_footnotes =<ref name="population">{{cite web|title=Monthly Demographic Balance|url=https://demo.istat.it/app/?l=en&a=2025&i=D7B|publisher=[[Italian National Institute of Statistics|ISTAT]]}}</ref>
| population_total = 198668
| population_as_of = 2025
| population_demonym = {{langx|en|Triestine or Triestino}}<br />{{langx|it|triestino}} (m.), {{lang|it|triestina}} (f.)
| telephone = 040
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m = 2
| twin1 = 
| twin1_country = 
| postalcode = 34100
| istat =032006 
| saint = St. [[Justus of Trieste]]
| day = 3 November
| postal_code = 34100
| area_code = 040
| website = {{URL|http://www.comune.trieste.it|comune.trieste.it}}
| footnotes = 
}}

'''Trieste''' ({{IPAc-en|t|r|i|ˈ|ɛ|s|t}} {{respell|tree|EST}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/trieste|title=Trieste|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=21 September 2012}}; {{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Trieste |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801000000/http://www.lexico.com/definition/Trieste |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-08-01 |title=Trieste |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPA|it|triˈɛste|lang|It-Trieste.ogg}}; {{langx|sl|Trst}} {{IPA|sl|tə̀ɾst, tə́ɾst|}}){{efn|{{langx|de-AT|Triest}} {{IPA|de-AT|triˈɛst||De-Triest.ogg}}; {{langx|fur|Triest}}; see [[#Names and etymology|more]].}} is a city and seaport in northeastern [[Italy]]. It is the capital and largest city of the [[Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute|autonomous region]] of [[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]], as well as of the [[Province of Trieste|regional decentralization entity of Trieste]].

Trieste is located at the head of the [[Gulf of Trieste]], on a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the [[Adriatic Sea]] and [[Slovenia]]; Slovenia lies close, at approximately {{cvt|8|km|0}} east and {{cvt|10–15|km|0}} southeast of the city, while [[Croatia]] is about {{cvt|30|km|mi}} to the south of the city.

The city has a long coastline and is surrounded by grassland, forest, and [[karst]]ic areas. As of 2025, it has a population of 198,668.<ref name="population" />

Trieste belonged, as '''Triest''', to the [[Habsburg monarchy]] from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century, the monarchy was one of the [[Great Powers]] of Europe and Trieste was its most important seaport. As a prosperous trading hub in the [[Mediterranean]] region, Trieste grew to become the fourth largest city of the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] (after [[Vienna]], [[Budapest]], and [[Prague]]). At the turn of the 20th century, it emerged as an important hub for literature and music. Trieste underwent an economic revival during the 1930s, and the [[Free Territory of Trieste]] became a major site of the struggle between the [[Eastern Bloc|Eastern]] and [[Western Bloc|Western]] blocs after the [[Second World War]].

A deep-water port, Trieste is a maritime gateway for northern Italy, [[Germany]], [[Austria]] and [[Central Europe]]. It is considered the end point of the maritime [[Silk Road]], with its connections to the [[Suez Canal]] and [[Turkey]]. Since the 1960s, Trieste has emerged as a prominent research location in Europe because of its many international organisations and institutions. The city lies at the intersection of [[Romance languages|Latin]], [[Slavs|Slavic]] and [[Culture of German-speaking Europe|Germanic]] cultures, where [[Central Europe]] meets the [[Mediterranean Sea]], and is home to diverse ethnic groups and religious communities.

A scholarly area, Trieste has the highest percentage of researchers, per capita, in Europe.<ref name="Trieste 2018">G. Bar "Trieste, è record europeo di ricercatori: 37 ogni mille abitanti. Più della Finlandia", In: il Fatto Quotidiano, 26 April 2018.</ref> {{lang|it|Città della Barcolana}} ("City of the [[Barcolana regatta|Barcolana]]"), {{lang|it|Città della bora}} ("City of the [[bora (wind)|bora]]"), {{lang|it|Città del vento}} ("City of Wind"), "Vienna by the sea" and "City of Coffee" are epithets used to describe Trieste.