Editing Trieste (section)

===Beaches===
[[File:View_from_Vittoria_Lighthouse.jpg|thumb|right|View of Barcola from the Vittoria Lighthouse]]
Much of Trieste lies directly on the sea. Some bathing establishments are located in the very centre, like the "El Pedocin - Bagno marino La Lanterna" and the "Ausonia". The "Bagno Marino Ferroviario" has been located in Viale Miramare 30 since 1925.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trieste-di-ieri-e-di-oggi.it/2017/01/26/trieste-dopolavoro-ferroviario-bagno-marino-ferroviario/|title=Trieste – Dopolavoro Ferroviario – Bagno Marino Ferroviario – TRIESTE – DI IERI E DI OGGI|website=trieste-di-ieri-e-di-oggi.it}}</ref> Many locals and students use their lunch break or free time to go to [[Barcola]], which is an [[urban beach]], to meet friends on the famous mile-long embankment.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} In the evening, many locals walk there between the bars with a view of the sea, the [[Alps|Alpine arc]], [[Istria]] and the city.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Well-known are the 10 popular semi-circular units on the bank consisting of a viewing platform, sanitary facilities and changing rooms, which are popularly referred to as "Topolini".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triesteallnews.it/2018/08/bagno-pubblico-topolini-storia-di-uno-stabilimento-americano/|title=Bagno Pubblico "Topolini": storia di uno stabilimento "americano" - TRIESTE.news|first=Zeno|last=Saracino|date=August 25, 2018}}</ref> In the area of the Excelsior bathing establishment, which is located on a historic sand bank, there were elegant Roman villas and their sports and bathing facilities in antiquity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triesteallnews.it/2018/09/pompei-in-miniatura-la-storia-di-vallicula-o-barcola/|title="Pompei in miniatura": la storia di "Vallicula" o Barcola - TRIESTE.news|first=Zeno|last=Saracino|date=September 29, 2018}}</ref> Already in the 19th century there were numerous restaurants and cafes with shady vine arbors. The sea around Miramare Castle is today a nature reserve.

The pine forest of Barcola is located directly on the sea and is a meeting place for the inhabitants in every season. One of the best running routes in Trieste leads from Barcola to Miramare Castle and back. The small bathing complex Bagno da Sticco is right next to Miramare Castle. Further towards [[Grignano (Trieste)|Grignano]] and [[Duino]] there are numerous bays and natural beaches. Due to the currents in the Adriatic, the water in the area of Trieste is very pure and not polluted by suspended matter from rivers. The current is counterclockwise.<ref>Mauro Covacich: Triest verkehrt. Fünfzehn Spaziergänge in der Stadt des Windes. 2012, pp 93; Kofler, Bettschart: Triest. 2015.</ref><ref>Nicolo Giraldi: Un mare chiamato Trieste. In: IES. Nr. 6, June 2019, pp 7.</ref><ref>Zeno Saracino: Il Bagno Excelsior, primo stabilimento balneare della Riviera di Barcola. In: Triesteallnews, 11 August 2018.</ref>