Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia

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Trieste, Italy 16.10.2021: People enjoyin coffee at famous coffeeshop at the Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia, the main square in Trieste on sunny october day; Shutterstock ID 2062626323;

This vast public space – Italy's largest sea-facing piazza – is an elegant triumph of Austro-Hungarian town planning and contemporary civil pride. Flanked by the city's grandest palazzi, including Palazzo del Municipio, Trieste's 19th-century city hall, it's a good place for a drink or a chat, or simply for a quiet moment staring out at ships on the horizon.

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