San Giusto hill
From the hill, dominated by the castle and the cathedral of San Giusto, you can admire a beautiful view of the city and the bay.
The Castle of San Giusto, one of the symbolic monuments of Trieste, was built between 1471 and 1636. It has an irregular plan and mighty ramparts built in different periods.
Inside you can be visited two sections of the Civic Museums of Trieste: the Lapidary Tergestino in Lalio bastion, which displays Roman finds, and the Museo del Castello di San Giusto, whose rooms contain material from various eras.
The cathedral, however, was built in the fourteenth century through the union of two existing churches were built between the ninth and tenth centuries.
Externally it is embellished by a Gothic rose window in white stone, while inside looks like a basilica with five naves, rich in works of art and mosaics on the apses.
On the hills of San Giusto are also the ruins of the civil basilica which overlooked the forensic square. The building, the first of which dates from about the middle of the first century A.D., was brought to light in the 30s of last century.
Finally, the fourteenth-century bell tower of the cathedral was incorporated part of propileo, a monument consisting of two wings colonnades and a central staircase, also dating from the mid-first century. A.D
From the hill, dominated by the castle and the cathedral of San Giusto, you can admire a beautiful view of the city and the bay.
The Castle of San Giusto, one of the symbolic monuments of Trieste, was built between 1471 and 1636. It has an irregular plan and mighty ramparts built in different periods.
Inside you can be visited two sections of the Civic Museums of Trieste: the Lapidary Tergestino in Lalio bastion, which displays Roman finds, and the Museo del Castello di San Giusto, whose rooms contain material from various eras.
The cathedral, however, was built in the fourteenth century through the union of two existing churches were built between the ninth and tenth centuries.
Externally it is embellished by a Gothic rose window in white stone, while inside looks like a basilica with five naves, rich in works of art and mosaics on the apses.
On the hills of San Giusto are also the ruins of the civil basilica which overlooked the forensic square. The building, the first of which dates from about the middle of the first century A.D., was brought to light in the 30s of last century.
Finally, the fourteenth-century bell tower of the cathedral was incorporated part of propileo, a monument consisting of two wings colonnades and a central staircase, also dating from the mid-first century. A.D
