Monfalcone
Monfalcone (in the local Bisiac dialect: Mofalcòn, Slovene: Tržič, German: Falkenberg) is a toun an comune o the province o Gorizia (Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northren Italy), locatit on the coast o the Gulf o Trieste. Monfalcone means "Munt o Falcon" in Italian.
Monfalcone | |
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| Comune di Monfalcone | |
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  Monfalcone Location o Monfalcone in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 45°48′N 13°32′E / 45.800°N 13.533°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| Province | Gorizia (GO) |
| Frazioni | Archi, Aris, Bagni, Cima di Pietrarossa, Crosera, La Rocca, Lisert, Marina Julia, Marina Nova, Panzano, Pietrarossa, San Polo, Schiavetti, Serraglio, Via Romana-Solvay |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Silvia Altran |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20 km2 (8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 28,101 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Monfalconesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 34074 |
| Diallin code | 0481 |
| Patron saunt | St. Ambrose |
| Saunt day | November 21 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
It is a major industrial centre for manufacturin ships, airplanes, textiles, chemicals an refined ile. It is the hame o Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani.
Geografie
eeditMonfalcone is the fifth maist populous toun in Friuli-Venezia Giulia an the main centre o Bisiacaria territory. Joined tae its neebourheids, it reaches aboot 50,000 inhabitants. The toun lees atween the Carso hills an the Adriatic Sea, bein the northmaist port o the Mediterranean Sea.
History
eeditIn prehistoric times the aurie o Monfalcone hoosed several fortifeed veelages cried castellieri. Efter the foondation o the Roman ceety o Aquileia (181 BC), some thermal biggins wur creatit on the hills, kent as Insulae Clarae.
Efter the Ostrogoth, Byzantine, Lombard an Frank domination, Monfalcone wis controlled bi the Patriairch o Aquileia stairtin frae 967. The Venetians conquered it in 1420 efter three days o siege, keepin it till 1511, when it fell tae the French. Conquered back bi Venice, it wis ravagit bi the troops o emperor Maximilian I in 1513, who destroyed the Rocca. In 1521 it wis returned tae Venice, unner which it remained till 1797. It wis controlled bi Fraunce till the faw o Napoleon, efter which it became pairt o the Austrian Empire.
Durin Warld War I, the toun wis captured bi Italy in 1915. It wis briefly recaptured bi Austrick in 1917, efter the battle o Caporetto. Monfalcone returned tae Italy in 1918.
Main sichts
eedit- Rocca (Castle). O medieval oreegin (accordin tae a legend, it wis foondit bi Theoderic the Great, Keeng o the Ostrogoths), its current appearance dates tae the Venetian restorations in the early 16t century. The interior hooses a speleologie exhibition.
- Pairk o Warld War I
- Karst (Carso) aurie
- Cathedral o Sant'Ambrogio
Transport
eeditMonfalcone railwey station, opened in 1860, is a junction atween the Venice–Trieste railwey an the Udine–Trieste railwey.
Internaitional relations
eeditTwin touns – Sister ceeties
eeditMonfalcone is twinned wi:
Neumarkt in Steiermark, Austrick
Gallipoli, Italy
Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey- Zonguldak, Turkey
Freemit airtins
eedit- Offeecial wabsted (in Italian)