Description
The San Giusto Castle Museum occupies the fortress on top of Trieste's hill: weapons, furnished rooms and Roman stones within the walls, and from the ramparts a wide view over the city.
In the Casa del Capitano is the armory, with Italian and European weapons from the 12th to the 19th century: suits of armor, swords, crossbows, pistols. The Sala Caprin has Venetian-style furnishings and a large ceiling painted by Andrea Celesti, the Triumph of Venice; on the ground floor is the Gothic chapel of San Giorgio, with wooden sculptures.
On the Lalio bastion, the Lapidario Tergestino gathers inscriptions, sculptures and reliefs from Roman Trieste. In the courtyard stand the original automatons Micheze and Jacheze, which once struck the hours on the City Hall bell tower.
The castle, begun by the Venetians in 1368 and finished in 1630, saw war only twice: in 1813 the French held out there for two weeks, and in 1945 the Germans surrendered there.
In the Casa del Capitano is the armory, with Italian and European weapons from the 12th to the 19th century: suits of armor, swords, crossbows, pistols. The Sala Caprin has Venetian-style furnishings and a large ceiling painted by Andrea Celesti, the Triumph of Venice; on the ground floor is the Gothic chapel of San Giorgio, with wooden sculptures.
On the Lalio bastion, the Lapidario Tergestino gathers inscriptions, sculptures and reliefs from Roman Trieste. In the courtyard stand the original automatons Micheze and Jacheze, which once struck the hours on the City Hall bell tower.
The castle, begun by the Venetians in 1368 and finished in 1630, saw war only twice: in 1813 the French held out there for two weeks, and in 1945 the Germans surrendered there.