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By 177 BC, Trieste was under the governance of the Roman republic. Trieste was granted the status of a colony under Julius Caesar. It was also he that recorded its name as Tergeste in his Comentarii de bello Gallico in 51 BC. After the end of the Western Roman Empire (in 476) Trieste was first under the authority of their count-bishop, then (from the year 1081) loosely under the Aquileia's patriarchy, then (from the year 1369) under the Venetian Republic, then (from the year 1372) a free commune and then, (from the year 1382) to free themselves from Venice, the Triestins donated the city to Leopold III von Habsburg, duke of Austria. (See the original Latin version of the Dedication) During the Middle Ages, Trieste grew into an important port and trade hub. It was constituted a free port by Emperor Charles VI and remained a free port from 1719 till July 1, 1891. Its role as the principal Austrian commercial port and shipbuilding center was emphasized by the construction of the Vienna-Trieste railway, completed in 1857. In the beginning of the 20th century, Trieste was a buzzing cosmopolitan city frequented by artists such as James Joyce, Italo Svevo and Umberto Saba. The city was a very real part of Mitteleuropa, with a cosmopolitan mix of Slovene, Italian and German elements (along with others), as well as a border-town feeling that it retains even today. The thought of an Italian population under Austrian domination was offensive for many Italian nationalists, who considered Trieste Italy's main "unredeemed" territory; whence the term "irredentism" for the movement pleading for incorporation to the Italian state of every Italian population. After World War One ended Trieste was transferred to Italy. On May 1, 1945 the Yugoslav army entered Trieste one day before before the New Zealand army, in a race to decide who would control the city. The German Army surrendered to New Zealand army on May 2. International pressure made the Yugoslavs leave the city on June 12. In 1947 Trieste became the capital of the Free Territory of Trieste. When that state was de facto dissolved in 1954, the city of Trieste reverted back to Italy, while the southern part of the territory went to Yugoslavia. The municipal district of Trieste is in the region/district of Friuli Venezia Giulia and it's in the province of Trieste. the postcode is 34100 and the code number is +39 040. Inhabitants are 209.520 and the surface is about 84 km2, with a density of population about 2.480 people for km2. Distance: from Rome 430 km, from Florence 289 km and from Venice 116 km.
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