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Enjoy the view over Trieste from the Saint Just Hill, overlooking the Adriatic, and the draught-board of the modern city that the Romans founded, Tergeste, where most of the ancient and medieval remains of the city are concentrated today. The Piazza della Cattedrale is a square located on Saint Just Hill, in the center of Trieste, and includes the remains of a Roman basilica, taken over by a castle, a Venetian column dating from 1560, the altar of the IIIrd Army, inaugurated in 1929 and the Basilica of Saint Just. A perfect summary of the history of the city.

In the modern city, not far from the harbor and the Riva del Mandraccio, the Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia is surrounded by three palaces in the style of the early 1900s: the Palace of the Government, City Hall and the local headquarters of Lloyd, a maritime navigation company.

Founded in the 5C., the present-day buildings of Saint Just Basilica mostly date back to the 14C. Its facade is decorated with a beautiful rose window, a bas relief and busts in bronze, and it is dominate by a robust bell tower decorated with reused Roman columns and the statue of Saint Just. Inside there are five naves, of which four belonged to two primitive basilicas, and connected by the fifth one. A beautiful 12C. mosaic. The Virgin is accompanied by the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, and by the Apostles.

Finally, once in Trieste do not miss the the Miramare castle, built in 1860 to plans by the architect Carl Junker, stands on the point of a headland overlooking the coast of Trieste. It was intended for Archduke Maximilian of Austria, executed in Mexico in 1867, and his wife Princess Charlotte of Belgium, who died insane. The furniture and interior decoration are original. The lovely terraced gardens, designed by the Archduke himself, are also open to the public.