Often, to return to my home I take a dark street in the old city. Yellow is reflected in some puddle a few lights, and the street is crowded. Here among the people who come and go from the tavern to the house or to the brothel, where the detritus are goods and men of […]
In the historic center of Trieste and a few steps from the Roman Amphitheater, on a large staircase built in 1956, stands the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, a unique example in Baroque style among the churches of the city. The church is popularly known as the Jesuit church to remember that its construction was […]
In 1810 the religious and civil equality of all citizens was proclaimed. Any form of discrimination against Jews still in force is eliminated.The return of Austria and the period of the Restoration, characterized in all the territories of the Habsburgs by a strong centralism and a capillary police control, restore some prohibitions against the Jews […]
“When I was born my mother cried about it, alone at night, in the deserted bed. For me, for her, who was suffering from pain, they trafficked her loved ones in the ghetto” Umberto Saba, Autobiography The Jewish ghetto is located in the district that extends between Piazza della Borsa and the Roman Theater, close […]
The architect Giorgio Polli built the ex-Pescheria Centrale in 1913, in Riva Nazario Sauro in front of Piazza Venezia. Due to the structure that resembles a church, it is called by the people of Trieste “Santa Maria del Guato”, a typical local fish. The construction of brick walls interspersed with large windows integrates with the […]
The Trenovia was designed at the end of the 19th century to quickly connect the town of Opicina to the city of Trieste.The concession for the construction of the train was issued on 28 October 1901, and the line, designed by engineer Geiringer and managed by the Società Anonima of the Piccole Ferrovie di Trieste […]
The Castle of San Giusto and the Cathedral of San Giusto dominate the hill of San Giusto. It is said that … Giusto, a Christian from Venezia Giulia, a man of great penance and great generosity, a Christian since childhood, joined in the year 303 by the imperial order which required all Christians to bear […]
The basilica of San Silvestro is halfway between the Roman Theater and the Cathedral of San Giusto, in the district of Cittavecchia, next to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore and a few steps from the Arco di Riccardo. It is currently the place of worship of the Evangelical Reformed Helvetic and Waldensian Communities, but […]
Muggia was born in Roman times for the defense of the Via Flavia that connected the ancient Tergeste to Pola and during the Middle Ages the center developed around the port. The Patriarch of Aquileia to whom the city had been entrusted, ordered the construction of the Castle in 1374 to put an end to […]
Near the Arco di Riccardo and Cavana there is Rotonda Pancera. The façade looks like a large temple with columns, Ionic capitals, balustrades and high reliefs representing scenes of Greco-Roman life, in particular a story linked to Coriolano, Virginia killed by her father and the sacrifice of Iphigenia. Between the columns are the statues of […]