What to see in Trieste

Cathedral of San Giusto

The Cathedral is dedicated to Saint Just (San Giusto) and is a symbol of Trieste. It was built in 1300 on the remains of two different churches: a 5th century three-nave Early Christian basilica that was subsequently destroyed and upon which a...

Piazza Unità d'Italia

Piazza Unità d'Italia (Unity of Italy Square in English) is the main town square in Trieste. It is situated at the foot of the hill containing the castle of San Giusto and the square faces the Adriatic Sea. The square is often said to be Europe's...

Castle of Miramare

Until the mid 19th century, the promontory of Grignano situated about 15 km from Trieste, was bleak and barren. In 1855, Maximilian, Archduke of Austria decided to build a residence here overlooking the sea and entrusted the project to Carl...

Castle of San Giusto

Built in 1470, extended by the Venetians in 1509 and completed in 1630 with the addition of the ramparts and walls. The walkway on the walls provides a splendid view over the town and its gulf. The central body of the fortress, or Captain’s...

Museum of History and Art and Lapidary Garden

This exhibition, dedicated to local archaeology, spreads out in three sections: the Museum, the Graveyard and the Captain's Garden. The Museum represents local pre-historical and proto-historical findings, as well as the collections of Egyptian,...

Roman Theatre

At the feet of San Giusto hill, by the sea, the Romans built a large theater with a capacity of 3,500 spectators. The lower rows of seats in brick (partly restored) are still visible, with the great wall that enclosed the audience section, while...

Verdi Theatre

Privately constructed, it was inaugurated as the Teatro Nuovo to replace the smaller 800-seat "Cesareo Regio Teatro di San Pietro" on 21 April 1801 with a performance of Johann Simon Mayr's Ginevra di Scozia. Initially, the Nuovo had 1,400 seats....

Revoltella Museum - Modern Art Gallery

Pasquale Revoltella, entrepreneur, financier and President of Assicurazioni Generali, built himself a splendid Neo-Renaissance residence between 1852 and 1858. The works of art that adorned the residence and that can still be seen there include...

Aquarium Marine

Housed in the fish market in the city of Trieste, the Aquarium is an attraction even just as a building, with its bell tower and Art Nouveau style that stand out on the embankments of the city. Inside is one of the oldest aquariums in the world...

Opicina tram

The Tram di Opicina, or "Tram de Opcina" in Trieste's dialect, is a tramway unique of its kind present in Trieste since September 9, 1902.

The tramway draws its name from the locality it reaches and is a means of transport used for an...

San Sabba Rice Mill

Risiera di San Sabba is a 5-storey brick-built compound that functioned during World War II as a Nazi concentration camp for the detention and killing of political prisoners, and a transit camp for Jews, most of whom were then deported to...

Serbian Orthodox Temple of the Holy Trinity and Saint Spiridione

Saint Spyridon Church in Trieste is a Serbian Orthodox church in Italy. History of the Orthodox community in Trieste begins in 1751 when Empress Maria Theresa allow free practice of religion for Orthodox Christians what prompted immigration of...

Synagogue of Trieste

It is a Jewish house of worship built between 1908 and 1912, and bears the hallmark of architects Ruggero and Arduino Berlam. The Shul was unveiled in 1912 in the presence of city authorities, and it replaced the four smaller Synagogues that...

Victory Lighthouse

The Victory Lighthouse was built on a bastion of Fort Kressich, an Austrian military base completed in 1854 and opened in 1927. Besides its function for the safety of navigation, still guaranteed by the impressive Lantern at 115 meters above sea...

Riccardo's Arch

In the heart of the old city of Trieste, walking along via del Trionfo, visitors will find the Arch of Riccardo. The Arch of Riccardo, which is part of a house today, was probably erected in 33 b.C. According to a first interpretation the arch...

Theatrical Museum Carlo Schmidl

The History of Music and Teather in Triest from the '700 to present. You will find a great collection of musical instruments (like fortepiano, armonium and machnical instruments like the autopiano). It is possible to vistit the archives where are...

Early Christian Basilica

The remains of an early Christian basilica and cemetery just outside the city walls were partially uncovered in the Sixties. The two mosaic floors, one above the other, belonging to two periods of use of the religious building, refer respectively...

Museo Sartorio

This 18th century villa belonged to the Sartorio family and hosts an important collection of paintings and minor artefacts. The ground floor still has the original furnishings, whilst the second is dedicated to a precious collection of drawings...

Oriental Art Museum

The first museum in Friuli Venezia Giulia dedicated to oriental arts, it hosts a collection of arts, memories and travel objects, weapons, musical instruments and various types of testimonies, coming from the Asiatic area. The oriental arts...

Stock Exchange Square

Shrine of Monte Grisa

The Temple of Monte Grisa is a Roman-Catholic church north of the city of Trieste. Located at an altitude of 300 metres on the edge of the Karst Plateau it is a conspicuous landmark, seen by many, visited by few. It was built at the initiative of...

Natural History Museum

Founded in 1846, it is the oldest and most important Science Museum in the area, with over 2 million specimens, mostly from the Adriatic and the Karst. The museum is especially famous for owning and displaying some great finds and specimens. The...

Church of San Silvestro

Second only to the Early Christian basilica in Via Madonna del Mare, this is the oldest place of worship in Trieste. The services of the Reformed Evangelist Community, both Helvetic and Waldensian, are held here. A plaque above the main entrance...

City Hall Palace

This building takes up a full side of the town’s main square. It stands out from the other buildings in the square due to it unusual central tower. It was designed in 1870, at a time when it was usual to mix styles and so the architect, Giuseppe...

Kleine Berlin

The Kleine Berlin is a group of tunnels built by the German army during the Second World War.

The air-raid shelter called Kleine Berlin, which today can be visited, is made up of a public air-raid tunnel for civilians and of a German...

Jewish Museum Carlo and Vera Wagner

The rooms, which today house the museum, were once the headquarters of the Jewish Agency during the first decade of the 20th century and the building was in some way central to the flow of Jewish immigrants who from northeast Europe passed...

Castle Park of Miramare

Miramare Park, spanning twenty-two hectares, is the culmination of an ambitious project undertaken by Maximilian of Habsburg over many years on the rocky promontory of Grignano between 1856 and 1860.
For the design, Maximilian sought the...

Grand Canal

Trieste, too, has its Canal Grande, a navigable canal situated in the city centre, midway between the railway station and Piazza Unità d'Italia.

The Canal Grande was realized in 1754-1756 by Matteo Pirona from Venice, by further excavating...

Joyce Museum

The museum presents visitors with a wide range of information and material (in printed, digital and video form) on the almost eleven years which the Irish author spent in the city; on the various flats where he lived; on the places he used to...

Svevian Museum

The Museum - which was made possible thanks to the generous bequest of the writer’s manuscripts, correspondence and personal effects by his daughter, Letizia Svevo Fonda - was inaugurated on December 19, 1997 (Svevo’s birthday). It is located on...

Church of Sant'Antonio

The Church of Saint Anthony the Thaumaturg is commonly called St. Antonio Nuovo because it replaces an older church by the same name, going back to the second half of the 18th century. It was built between 1825 and 1849 on a project by architect...

National Antarctic Museum Felice Ippolito

Among the most discussed subjects by the media are climatic and biodiversity changes, anthropic impacts on environment, uncontrolled exploitation of natural resources and other related matters. Antarctica, being an uncontaminated continent, might...

Palazzo Carciotti

Designed by Matteo Pertsch, this building is a prime example of the flourishing Neoclassic style in local architecture in the first half of the 19th century.

Rimembranza Park - Colle San Giusto

Palace of the Tergesteo

Built (1840 – 1842) on a project by Francesco Bruyn, from the will of Societ‡ del Tergesteo, with the aim to serve as a place for commerce and a meeting point for the inhabitants. The main facades, identical, are pretty uniform above the smooth...

Mitteleuropa Postal and Telegraph Museum

The Postal and Telegraphical museum of Trieste, located in the historical Palazzo delle Poste (Post Office building) in Trieste, witnesses the evolution of postal services from mid-19th century to present times. The exhibition is subdivided into...

Botanical Garden

The Botanical Gardens consist of a natural reserve comprising the Biasoletto wood and the Farneto wood (for a total of 90 ha). The Gardens were established in 1842 for the sake of botanical research, and yet are now open to a much broader public...

Campo Marzio Railway Museum

Set where in the 1900s was the terminus for the railway from Trieste to Austria and the line to Pula. It contains documents, models, photographs, carriages, pieces of machinery and various locomotives that used to run on the Italian, Austrian,...

Trieste Lantern

The Lanterna Lighthouse of Trieste is located at the top of the Molo Fratelli Bandiera (formerly Molo Teresiano), at the western edge of the city, marking the entrance to the old port. The construction of the lighthouse, which became operational...

Museum of the Castle of San Giusto

San Giusto Castle is considered the symbol of Trieste. The City Museum of San Giusto castle is located inside the castle and hosts a rich collection of arms, a part of the armoury and the furnishings, a collection of fire arms and bayonets now...