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On the vaporetto above, and below, as a large cruise ship slides by, obscuring the Stuckey hotel on the island of Giudeca. Door bells abov...

The caryatids above got no attention at all, whereas crowds throng St Marks Square below. Is it the architecture, the people, or just the p...

Trieste was an important seat of the Austrian Hungarian Empire until after the wars of the twentieth century. The architecture shows that ...

A limestone plateau rises abruptly to the east of Trieste. The ancient church above at Montrupino was built into a limestone cliff. The kar...

Woodland savannas above and below have native grasses and naturally occurring smoke bush, (Cotinus genus). Dense woodland forest of hornbe...

The Barcolana happened as we arrived in Trieste; certainly one of the largest sailing events in the world with 1,500 sailboats. The water a...

This church has Byzantine frescoes, Venetian lions carved on the Moorish inspired pulpit, ancient mosaic floors below - and it is still act...

The mosaics above date to the third and fourth century. The altar carving below looks almost Celtic.

Alan admires the old Roman basilica in Aquileia above. Coming into town below.

'Le Giornate del Cinema Muto' (The Days of the Silent Film) is the biggest and most important silent movie event in the world. 201...