Free Territory of Trieste

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former sovereign state free territory post–World War II political entity

The Free Territory of Trieste was a short-lived independent territory established after World War II around the strategic Adriatic port city of Trieste, contested between Italy and Yugoslavia.

Aliases (8)

Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste ×2
Zone B of the Free Territory of Trieste ×2
Free Territory of Trieste–Italy border ×1
Territoire libre de Trieste ×1
Territorio libero di Trieste ×1
Trieste question ×1
Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste to Italy ×1
provisional regime of the Free Territory of Trieste ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former sovereign state → free territory → post–World War II political entity →
administeredBy	Allied Military Government → United Kingdom → United States → Yugoslavia →
borderedBy	Italy → Yugoslavia →
capital	Trieste →
contains	Trieste →
continent	Europe →
countryClaimedBy	Italy → Yugoslavia →
createdAfter	World War II →
currencyUsed	Italian lira →
dateEstablished	1947-09-15 →
dissolvedOn	1954-10-26 →
dividedInto	Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste → Zone B of the Free Territory of Trieste →
endTime	1954-10-26 →
establishedBy	Allied Military Government → United Nations Security Council →
governorActuallyAppointed	false →
governorAppointedBy	United Nations Security Council →
hadPlannedHeadOfState	Governor of the Free Territory of Trieste →
historicalRegion	Julian March →
languageUsed	Italian → Slovene →
legalBasis	Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947 →
locatedIn	Northern Adriatic Sea region →
locatedOn	Adriatic Sea →
nativeName	Slobodni teritorij Trsta → Svobodno tržaško ozemlje → Territoire libre de Trieste → Territorio libero di Trieste →
officialName	Free Territory of Trieste →
partitionAgreement	London Memorandum of Understanding, 1954 →
partOfColdWarContext	true →
reasonForCreation	dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia over Trieste →
shortLived	true →
startTime	1947-09-15 →
status	demilitarized → independent territory under United Nations responsibility →
strategicImportance	major Adriatic port →
successorState	Italian Republic → Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia →
timePeriod	20th century →
todayPartOf	Italy → Slovenia →
zoneAAdministeredBy	United Kingdom → United States →
zoneBAdministeredBy	Yugoslavia →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Free Territory of Trieste ("Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste") → Free Territory of Trieste ("Zone B of the Free Territory of Trieste") →	dividedInto
Free Territory of Trieste ("Territorio libero di Trieste") → Free Territory of Trieste ("Territoire libre de Trieste") →	nativeName
London Memorandum of Understanding (1954) ("Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste") → London Memorandum of Understanding (1954) ("Zone B of the Free Territory of Trieste") →	relatesTo
London Memorandum of Understanding (1954) →	appliesTo
Treaty of Osimo ("Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste to Italy") →	confirmedControlOf
London Memorandum of Understanding (1954) ("Trieste question") →	conflictResolved
Treaty of Osimo ("provisional regime of the Free Territory of Trieste") →	ended
Treaty of Osimo →	formalizedDivisionOf
Trieste →	formerPartOf
Slovenia–Italy border ("Free Territory of Trieste–Italy border") →	historicalPredecessor
Istria →	historicalRegionOf
Free Territory of Trieste →	officialName
Yugoslavia–Italy border →	relatedEvent
Treaty of Osimo →	relatedTo
London Memorandum of Understanding (1954) →	subject
Province of Trieste →	wasPartOf