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Pop.: 2,184
Area: 31,31 sq. km, 278 m a.s.l.
Neighbourhoods: Borgo Grotta Gigante, Bristie, Campo Sacro, Colludrozza, Devincina, Gabrovizza, Rupinpiccolo, Sagrado, Sales, Samatorza, Stazione di Prosecco
Town Hall: Sgonico/Zgonik, 45 - 34010 Sgonico
Phone.: 040.229150 Fax: 040.229422
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The karst phenomenon has
produced not only dolines and
furrowed fields, but also, and mainly,
hundreds of caves, the most famous
of which is Grotta Gigante, which holds the
record as the largest underground
cave, with its 65 m of width,
280 m of length and 107 m
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height. Grotta Gigante is open to
public and a 45-minute walk
leads to the bottom of the
cave, showing some of the
most impressive formations
along the way, spectacularly
illuminated: the Gnome and
the Palm with its typical
-stack-of-dishes- shape
due to the height from
which the drop falls; the
-Ruggero Column-, the
tallest stalagmite
(12 m); the -Nymphs'
Palace- and the
-Altar Hall-, with
stalactites and
stalagmites whose
colours range
from the brownto-
red hues of the
oldest ones to the
white tones of the
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ones in continuous
evolution.
The view from
Monte
S. Leonardo
(with the
remains of a lookout point and a chapel)
covers the whole Gulf of Trieste and the
Julian Alps. On the low hill of
Rupinpiccolo the remains of the ring of
walls and gates of a castelliere of the early
Iron Age are the best preserved of the about
thirty found in the Carso upland. Many
villages in the area are characterized by the
traces of white-stone rustic Carso
architecture, as the picturesque 18th-century
church of Samatorza, surrounded by the
lush vegetation. One of the typical features
of the countryside are the -osmize-, private
households that, for a limited span of time,
are allowed to
sell their own
wine and
agricultural
products. The
existence of
such dealing
points goes
back to the
1800s, on
imperial
license, and
are recognized
by a branch of
ivy hanging
along the
road.
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A long and narrow strip of land between
Slovenia and the sea, projecting
eastwards to Istria, the province of Trieste
holds the curious record of being the
smallest in Italy. It is divided into six
municipalities, north-to-south:
Duino-Aurisina, Sgonico,
Monrupino, San Dorligo
della Valle and
Muggia. Trieste,
the regional capital city, is
isolated in the middle, facing
the sea. An important
crossroads for ...go
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