Trieste (45°39′N 13°46′E) is situated on the N shore of Baia di Muggia in the NE part of the Gulf of Trieste. Trieste is a large and well-built city spaciously laid out with sumptuous houses and wide streets during the opulent period of the nineteenth century. It consists of a number of parts centred upon the city and around the shores of Baia di Muggia, and is the most important Italian harbour in the Adriatic and one of the major ports in the Mediterranean Sea.