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"Molo dei Bersaglieri" Trieste, Italy "In the very heart of Trieste is the �Molo Bersaglieri�, with the Maritime Station which has now been refurbished as a Congress Centre. The building, however, has even older origins, as remembered by the British consul to Trieste in 1872, Sir Richard Burton: �Molo della Sanit� (as it was known at the time), the shortest of the quays; it faces the government�s maritime offices, that of the pilots (the harbour pilots and health authorities) and completely taken up by the health offices which have recently been enlarged.� The quay was extended to its present size at the beginning of the last century, while the new Maritime Station was built at the end of the 1920�s under the supervision, in its final stages, of Umberto Nordio. Between 1984 and 1993, part of the building was changed into a Congress Centre to encourage the development of the tourism and culture sectors in the city. Today, even the largest ocean-going liners can moor here, as do the local ferries which connect Trieste and Muggia throughout the year, and other nearby beaches in summer."