Food and Wine tasting experience in Trieste traditional farmhouse Osmiza

The osmica or osmiza is a meeting rustic place typical of the province of Trieste. It is a place, often private houses or cellars, where wines and foods such as eggs, ham, salami, bacon, cheese, pickles, sometimes sweet of own production are sold and consumed. It seems that this institution dates back to the time of Charlemagne when he allowed the peasants of the territories of Tergeste and Istria, then part of the Frankish Kingdom, to sell their wine directly, announcing it with a hanging branch. The ancient custom took root further with the decree of Joseph II of Augsburg in 1784 that allowed the sale of wine of own production in bulk over a period of eight days. In fact, the Slovenian term osmica (pronounced osmiza) comes from "osem" which means "eight " and indicated the duration of the concession of the opening period, eight days in fact. The activity should be indicated along the road or on the front door by a branch, on pain of confiscation of the goods.

This colossal square lies at the forefront of the historic old town and faces out towards the Adriatic Sea. Due to its immense size, the Piazza Unita Italia is known as the largest square situated next to the sea in Europe. Several prestigious and important buildings line the square including the Town Hall, the Palazzo del Lloyd Triestino, the Palazzo del Governo and the Palazzo Pitteri – Each of which features a stunning design and beautiful architecture. Aside from the buildings, there is also several impressive monuments and statues placed at various intervals in the square – In particular, the two iron sculptured columns that frame the entrance of the Piazza.

Trieste is the city and capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia regione and of Trieste Provincia, northeastern Italy, located on the Gulf of Trieste at the northeastern corner of the Adriatic Sea 90 miles (145 km) east of Venice. It was under Roman control by about 177 BC; Julius Caesar made it a colony and recorded its name as Tergeste in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico (The Gallic War), written in 52–51 BC. Augustus ordered the construction of a harbor and city walls in about 33 BC. After the breakup of the Roman Empire, Trieste shared the general fortunes of Istria and was granted independence under its count-bishops in 948 by Lothar II, king of Italy. Captured by the Venetians in 1202, it constantly agitated for autonomy, placing itself in 1382 under the protection of Leopold III of Habsburg, whose overlordship gradually developed into Austrian possession.