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Opicina Obelisk

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    Location: Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

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    April 28, 2021

    Mountain biking

    The obelisk that stands at the top of the Strada Nuova per Opicina (the so-called Napoleonic) was erected to celebrate the construction of this road. Designed by Biagio Valle, it …
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    December 10, 2020

    Mountain biking

    Great view on all gulf of Trieste and starting point of a gravel road used often by hikers and bikers called "Napoleonica" that from Opicina goes untill Prosecco.

    October 14, 2023

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    The Napoleon Road ends at the Opicina Obelisk (325 m), erected in 1830 to commemorate the visit of Austrian Emperor Franz I. The former historic tramway from Trieste once led up to the obelisk.

    At the obelisk, the karst plateau drops steeply down to Trieste – this was the "magical" spot where travelers in earlier centuries saw the sea for the first time after days and often weeks of arduous travel.

    Source: julische-alpen.info/sonstige-orte/italien/napoleonstra%C3%9Fe-triest-02-11-2017
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