Barcola

Barcola Barkovlje
Neighbourhood
View of Barcola from the Vittoria Light.
Sections of Trieste, Barcola is located in section 3
Barcola Sections of Trieste, Barcola is located in section 3
Coordinates: 45°40′46″N 13°45′16″E / 45.67944°N 13.75444°ECoordinates: 45°40′46″N 13°45′16″E / 45.67944°N 13.75444°E
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Municipality	Trieste
Population (2011)
• Total	2 801
Area code(s)	040

Barcola is a maritime neighbourhood of Trieste, Italy. It is a popular tourist place with beaches and long promenade walkways, near to the Habsburg-established Miramare Castle.

Geography

Barcola is reached from the centre of Trieste by taking viale Miramare in the direction of Venice. Barcola is about 3 km from the train station.

Culture

Church in Barcola

Barcolana regatta

It is best known for the Barcolana regatta, a European sailing race that happens every year in October.

Slovenes

According to the last Austro-Hungarian census of 1911, more than 73% of the population of the suburb were of Slovene ethnicity.^[1] After the annexation to Italy in 1920, the percentage of Slovene speakers fell significantly; however, Barcola is still an important center of the Slovene minority in Italy. Traditionally, the Karst dialect of Slovene has been spoken in Barcola, differently from most other ethnic Slovene villages around Trieste, where the Inner Carniolan dialect is spoken. It is known as Barkovlje in Slovene.

References

1. Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder. Bearbeiten auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910, vol. 7: Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland . 1918. Vienna: K. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, p. 3.