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Following the Scottish referendum, the independence movements across Europe seek their own media moments and Italy - which only became a unified country in 1861 - has more independence than most movements.
The independence movement of Venice, directed by Gianluca business Busato, made headlines recently with a non-binding online referendum in which Busato claims 87 of the population voted for independence.
Two hours east of Venice, near the Slovenian border, another issue of the city's demand for independence.
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Trieste has always had a diverse cultural history - for centuries it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; by the years after the war, he was outpost south of Churchill's Iron Curtain dividing the West from the communist East.
Immediately after the Second World War, Trieste, on the border with Yugoslavia, has been recognized as a free state under international law, but remained under military occupation until 1954, when he was sent back to Italy.
But for members of the Free Territory of Trieste Movement which saw between 2000 and 8000 demonstrators to its rallies in recent months, freedom of Trieste did not end.
In a dilapidated house from the 19th century, five minutes from the sea, Vito Potenza dreams of liberation.
Three red flags - traditional sport coat of arms Trieste - hung windows; Another drapes office tables.
The insignia is everywhere on pins, on mugs, on the Facebook page of Potenza.
We are fighting for the rights of the people of the Free Territory of Trieste, says Potenza We are fighting against the Italian Government.
Here, where the Venetian Spritz cocktail is served with Slovenian cheese on wheat bread, where waterfront cafes offer their cappuccinos with a side of whipped cream Viennese, many identify as Triestine first, second Italian.
Once this city was the largest port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; Piazza dell Unita three sides of the square are filled with splendid buildings of the Habsburgs; the fourth is the sea.
A plaque commemorates the place where Mussolini announced its policy of racial laws against Jews The Catholic Church shares Saint Antonio area on the Grand Canal with the Serbian Orthodox Church; the synagogue is two minutes.
We are a multicultural people, says Potenza - he himself is half-Italian, half-Croatian.
Its Free Territory of Trieste movement that claims the independence of the city and its hinterland, is designed to reflect he sees as official languages common Italian, Slovenian and Croatian.
Italy has kept our culture down to, he says too long Years fascists of the 1920s and 30s, during which the Slavic population of Trieste was subjected to forced Italianisation program, are not so long.
Potenza and his supporters believe that Trieste is legally free to international law.
They cite a charter of the United Nations Security Council 1947, which acknowledged Trieste and its surroundings - including parts of what is now Croatia and Slovenia - as a free state, both Italian and Slovenian as official languages , subject to the appointment of a governor recognized internationally.
Image copyright Getty Images Image Caption of the Italian flag was hoisted in Trieste in 1954, after the signing of the Memorandum of London.
This free territory, however, never existed in practice - during the seven years of Triestine independence, free territory sections were governed by Britain, America and Yugoslavia - until the London memorandum of 1954, which returned most of the territory in Italy.
This decision, says Potenza, returns to the illegal invasion 60 years, Italy has imposed the sovereignty of our people The 1947 treaty is the law; it is the constitution of our country.
His colleague, Giorgi Deskovich Deschi, agreed fervently.
Trieste is the Jerusalem cold weather, he insists.
I am culturally Italian, but I keep inside me Croatian genes, genes, genes Slovak Venetian This town can encompass all of these features in order to get a true center.
He envisions a free Trieste as a powerful symbol for the future, where all religions, all knowledge, all the art exist in unison.
Trieste is truly open to the world, he said, using a Masonic term agape to describe his vision of living together We live in a great time, and Trieste is at the heart.
It is a Trieste where Catholics, Orthodox Serbs, Jews and Freemasons live together.
Image copyright AFP Image Caption German President Angela Merkel was greeted in Trieste in 2008 by President Silvio Berlusconi.
He smiled cagily All religions and nothing, he said.
But the objectives of Potenza are economic as well as cultural.
Trieste has an internationally important port, the points on Potenza - with lots of import taxes he considered due to the Free Territory - but the Italian government refuses to enforce the law and collect money.
Why relatively prosperous Trieste crumble with Italy which, as he sees it, is in inevitable decline.
What the majority of people in Trieste, who are perfectly happy to be both Italian and Triestine shrugs shoulders Potenza They can not deny the law of this project is more important.
It is only a matter of time, he said during the past year, he sent several letters and petitions to the United Nations, demanding recognition of the status of Trieste.
They're crazy, says a boss at one of the newer bars in Trieste, in the heart of what was once the Jewish ghetto How can it ever work.
Another man was more blunt The one I trust the government is the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The Scottish referendum opened the door for more independence movements around the world yet, warns against comparing the Potenza too close.
The Scottish situation is not comparable We are not seeking independence We are already independent, he insists.
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