Understand
Trieste is the capital of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and has 205,557 inhabitants. It is situated on the crossroads of several commercial and cultural flows: German middle Europe to the north, Slavic masses and the Balkans to the east, Italy and then Latin countries to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
Its artistic and cultural heritage is linked to its singular "border town" location. You can find some old Roman architecture a small theater near the sea, a nice arch into old city and an interesting Roman museum, Austrian empire architecture across the city centre similar to stuff you can find in Vienna and a nice atmosphere of metissage of Mediterranean styles, as Trieste was a very important port during the 18th century.
