Located at the northern boundary of the Adriatic sea, Trieste is in the heart of the new Europe enlarged to the East, in an extremely particular environmental and geopolitical position. The city overlooks the clear sea with its coast made of white calcareous rocks covered by Mediterranean vegetation. Behind the city a large green plateau goes up to the mounts of the near Slovenia . 
The birth of the city under the Ancient Roman Empire is evidenced by many visible ruins. Then, in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, the town planning  developed  becoming as it is at present. Trieste has always welcomed all different ethnic groups, being open to the world and breeding ground for culture. A number of museums, theatres and concerts are constantly active and very frequented. Extraordinary international sports events take place every year gathering thousands of people, as it is for the very popular sailing race "Barcolana" that offers a show of 2000 sails in a single race in front of the city.