Trieste

History of Trieste

  • Jun 4, 1382

    Trieste becomes a Habsburg imperial free city.

  • Canal Grande constructed.

  • Miramare Castle built near city for Austrian archduke Maximilian.

  • Trieste becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy per Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

  • Before the war

    September: Nazi German Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral headquartered in Trieste.
    September: City becomes part of the Italian Social Republic.
    Risiera di San Sabba Nazi concentration camp established near city.
  • After the war

    1 May: City taken by Yugoslav forces.
    2 May: German surrender to Allied forces.
  • City becomes part of the Free Territory of Trieste of the United Nations Security Council.