Trieste, the capital of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, in Northeastern Italy, is a port city. It occupies a narrow strip of land between the Adriatic Sea and the Slovenian border, running along the limestone Karst plateau. Italian, Austro-Hungarian, and Slovenian influences are evident throughout the city, which includes a medieval old town and a neoclassical quarter from the Austrian era.
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Actually the “Bathyscaphe Trieste” in its city, so suited to exploration: from the Marianas to the South Pole!
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Preparations are underway for the ceremonies marking the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Giacomo Bove Base (WAP ITA-Ø2), which was embarked in Trieste on November 13, 1975, in the hold of the Cristoforo Colombo motorboat. The Base was built on the Antarctic Peninsula on January 20, 1976, to prepare Italy for the Antarctic Treaty.
The objective, as told by Prof. PhD Julius Fabbri IV3CCT on the video below, is to continue promoting the nomination of the remains of the Bove Base on its fiftieth Anniversary, as a Historic Site, by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI).
Shortly from there, two special calls will be on air: II3NAUT (WAP349) and II3LBTS (WAP-356), stay tuned!
TNX Prof. PhD Julius Fabbri IV3CCT