Anglo-Saxon literature, politics and historiography have traditionally looked with interest and curiosity at Trieste, not only as a geopolitical hub ("From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent" denounced Winston Churchill on 5 March 1946), but also as a multicultural city. The extreme appendix of Italy, the outlet to the sea of ​​Central Europe and an outpost towards the Balkans, the Julian port has been the object of study of the historian Neil Kent, who dedicated to it the essay "Trieste. Adriatic emporium and gateway to the heart of Europe" (Hurst, London 2011)....