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The pattern's roots lie with the Venice pattern  which had retained its Italian characteristics in spite of Venetian occupation by Austria, 1797-1866.

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The Triestine is from the Northern Italian regional style of Italian playing cards. Although played throughout Italy, it is most commonly played in the Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.

Italian playing cards most commonly consist of 40 cards (4 suits from 1-7 and 3 face cards). The three face cards in each deck are the Re (King), Caval (calvary man) and Fante (Infantry Man), except in the French region which uses a Queen instead of a Cavallo.