Città dell'Olio
Città dell'Olio in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
3 towns
Friuli-Venezia Giulia has 3 Città dell'Olio communes in our index. All sit in the province of Trieste.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are San Dorligo della Valle-Dolina, Muggia, and Trieste.
San Dorligo della Valle-Dolina
Province: Trieste · 84 m
A Slovene-speaking Karst commune ten kilometers from Trieste, with its own valley, its own wine, and a canyon Roman aqueducts once crossed.
Muggia
Province: Trieste · 13 m
The only town on the Istrian peninsula still inside Italy, a small Venetian port on the Gulf of Trieste five kilometers from the Slovenian border.
Trieste
Province: Trieste · 2 m
The Adriatic port the Habsburgs built as their window on the sea, an Italian regional capital still arguing in four languages on the Slovenian border.
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