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ional development, sustainability, and marginalization 62 ed on the Bernardin peninsula and a marina was inaugurated. With-
in Slovenia, Portorož is now a major gambling centre and one of the
country’s key tourist destinations, which attracts around 440,000
tourists yearly.
Trieste
Trieste (Slovenian: Trst) is a city and Adriatic seaport of eastern It-
aly with over 200,000 inhabitants. Trieste grew into an important
port and trade hub in the 18th and 19th centuries after Emperor
Charles VI declared the city a duty and tax-free port. The con-
struction of a deeper port made Trieste the only sea port of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire and led to the influx of entrepreneurs
and merchants from all over the Mediterranean. The construction
of the first major railway in the Empire, the Vienna-Trieste Austri-
an Southern Railway, was completed in 1857 and was a valuable as-
set for trade and the supply of coal. At the beginning of the 20th
century, Trieste was a cosmopolitan city frequented by artists such
as James Joyce, Italo Svevo, Sigmund Freund, Ivan Cankar, Thomas
Mann and Julius Kugy. Viennese architecture and coffee houses still
dominate the streets of Trieste today. The city is still a great cen-
tre for shipping, and known worldwide for its port, coffee export,
shipbuilding and financial services. The Province of Trieste has al-
ways been known as a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural area, as Ital-
in Slovenia, Portorož is now a major gambling centre and one of the
country’s key tourist destinations, which attracts around 440,000
tourists yearly.
Trieste
Trieste (Slovenian: Trst) is a city and Adriatic seaport of eastern It-
aly with over 200,000 inhabitants. Trieste grew into an important
port and trade hub in the 18th and 19th centuries after Emperor
Charles VI declared the city a duty and tax-free port. The con-
struction of a deeper port made Trieste the only sea port of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire and led to the influx of entrepreneurs
and merchants from all over the Mediterranean. The construction
of the first major railway in the Empire, the Vienna-Trieste Austri-
an Southern Railway, was completed in 1857 and was a valuable as-
set for trade and the supply of coal. At the beginning of the 20th
century, Trieste was a cosmopolitan city frequented by artists such
as James Joyce, Italo Svevo, Sigmund Freund, Ivan Cankar, Thomas
Mann and Julius Kugy. Viennese architecture and coffee houses still
dominate the streets of Trieste today. The city is still a great cen-
tre for shipping, and known worldwide for its port, coffee export,
shipbuilding and financial services. The Province of Trieste has al-
ways been known as a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural area, as Ital-
