SPORT EVENTS

• “Barcolana” – The Autumn Cup (second Sunday of October): it is the biggest sailing regatta in the Mediterranean See, with 2 thousand boats registered for the competition. All kinds of sailing boats can participate. The first edition was in 1969 and the competition path has a quadrilateral shape in the Gulf of Trieste. It starts from a place which gives the name to the competition: Barcola. This regatta has gained international attention and now famous champions and VIPs participate to it. It is not only a sailing regatta, but also a feast of the city, with many activities to celebrate Trieste, its sea and the local wind called “bora”.

 

• The Marathon of the 2 Castels - “La Bavisela” (first Sunday of May): it is the second marathon in Europe for its importance; the path is along the beautiful coast street between the Castel of Duino and the one of Miramare and the finishing line is in the elegant shores of Trieste.

• 2007 World Marathon - Udine: The city of Udine gained the honor of hosting the 2007 edition of the world competition for street race, winning against important cities like Boston, Addis Abeba and Copenaghen. Udine was chosen also because it is a small-medium city and its dimensions fit the spirit of a marathon, because every part of the city is involved. The city will be the centre of the world competition but in all the Friuli Venezia Giulia region there will be a lot of activities, like art exhibitions, shows, concerts and theatre activities. 

FESTIVALS

• Concerts and Opera (from October to May): high level concerts and operas will be organized in the Teatro Verdi or in the Tripcovich Hall.

• International Operetta Festival (between June and August): in collaboration with the city of Vienna, the Teatro Verdi organizes various activities to bring famous experts of Operetta to Trieste.

• Festival of Latin American Cinema (October): it is famous all around Europe and offers the possibility to appreciate the major film productions of Latin American cinema, whose artistic level is considered as good as the western one.

 

FOLKLORE

• Karstic Weddings (every 2 years during the last Sunday of August): it is the most known traditional activity in the area. It takes place in the town of Monrupino and begins one week before the real wedding with parties to celebrate the last days of the groom and the bride as single persons. These parties take place in the small restaurants of the area and the “osmizze”, the traditional hospitality houses. On Sunday morning all the participants wear the traditional costumes and go together to the small church of the town for the ceremony. After the ceremony the married couple passes through 3 arches made of flowers and juniper and arrives to the square of Rupingrande where dances and celebrations begin.

• Osmize: they started in the 18th century, when the farmers obtained the right to sell directly their products for a limited period. Nowadays the tradition is still very strong: many osmize regularly alternate their seasonal openings along all the area of Gorizia and Trieste provinces, in particular in the Karstic area. You can easily recognize them thanks to the “branches”, ivy branches put in strategic positions on the street to signal where the osmize are. The environment of the osmize is very pleasant, informal and familiar and they offer the possibility to taste sliced ham, salami and other local products, obviously accompanied by the famous wines of the Karstic area.

• Village feasts (from May till the end of September): there are a lot of feasts and they are all picturesque, funny and interesting for the food and wine they offer.

 

• Karstic Carnival: it is a very old feast, celebrated in the Karst of Trieste area, during Carnival period. Typical of this event are the allegorical carts and the groups of dressed up people coming from all over the area and the near Slovenia. They parade along the streets of Opicina. During the event there is the election of the king and the queen who then have the duty of judging the most beautiful cart.

 

ANTIQUE-DEALING

• Antique Markets (every third Sunday of the month): more than 60 antique dealers, jewelers and second-hand dealers open their shops and show their products.

 

• Market-Exhibition Triesteantiqua (end of October – beginning of November): it is held in the Congress Centre of Stazione Marittima Trieste and there are more than 70 art dealers coming from all around Italy and abroad to show their rare and precious products.