Castello di Miramare

Castle Trieste, Italy

Overlooking the Gulf of Trieste, it is located a few kilometers north of the capital (about 6 km from the Central Station). Miramare is the Italianized form of the original Miramar, deriving from the Spanish "mirar el mar", as Maximilian of Habsburg, in visiting the promontory that houses it, was inspired by the memory of Spanish castles overlooking the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and made your residence. The archduke decided to have this authentic architectural monument erected in 1855, surrounded by 22 hectares of parkland and overlooking the Gulf of Trieste, as the name "Miramare" suggests.