THE TOWN OF SCIENCE
	Trieste is the seat of a University which is in the vanguard, as far as co-operation relations and exchanges within and without Europe are concerned, especially in the technical and scientific sector. It has many research and investigation centres. The most important one at an international level is the Centre of Theoretical Physics of Miramare, run by Mr. Abdus Salam, who was awarded the Noble Prize. It is a meeting point for thousands of physicists and mathematicians who come from all over the world, and in particular from developing countries. The United World College of the Adriatic is equally renouned. Over two hundred young people of all races and religions complete their high school there. It is located in Duino, occupying part of the ancient castle of the Torre e Tasso family. The facilities of the Research Area, an institution meant for the development of scientific and technological research, have been erected at Padriciano, on the karst plateau. Among other things, the European seat of the International Centre of Genetics and Biotechnological Engineering, working under the auspices of UNIDO, can be found in this area. Among other structures for scientific research, there are the Astronomical Observatory and the Experimental Geophysical Observatory, both dating back to 1753. The former has been sited in the Castello and Castelletto Basevi since 1890, the latter in Borgo Grotta Gigante.