Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Trieste, Italy
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6.7 km
102 m
Explore Trieste in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in TriesteIndividual Sights in TriesteSight 1: Lanterna
The Lanterna di Trieste is a lighthouse at the top of the Molo Fratelli Bandiera, at the west end of the city, marking the entrance to the old port.
Sight 2: Civic Marine Aquarium
The Marine Aquarium of Trieste was founded in Trieste in 1933 on one side of the building of the former Central Fish Market.
Sight 3: Civico museo d'arte orientale
The civic oriental art museum is located in via San Sebastiano 1, in the Leo building, at the old city of Trieste.
Sight 4: Basilica di San Silvestro
The basilica of the Christ Salvatore, also known with the ancient name of Basilica of San Silvestro, is a religious building located in Trieste. The Romanesque basilica of the 11th century is the oldest sacred building preserved in the city after the early Christian basilica and since 1785 it has been owned by the Evangelical community reformed of Swiss confession, which in 1927 had entered into an agreement with the Valdese community for use Joint of the building from both the evangelical reformed churches, which remained in force until 2020.
Sight 5: Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore
The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, better known as the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, and also known as the Baroque church of the Jesuits, is a religious building located in Trieste, in the province and diocese of Trieste; it is the seat of a parish included in the deanery of San Giusto Martire.
Sight 6: Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi
The Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi is an opera house located in Trieste, Italy and named after the composer Giuseppe Verdi. 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. In 1821, it became known as the Teatro Grande.
Sight 7: Molo Audace
Book Ticket*Molo Audace is a pier located on the shores of Trieste, Italy right in the centre of the city, a few steps from Piazza Unità d'Italia and the Grand Canal. It separates the San Giorgio basin from the San Giusto basin of the Old Port.
Sight 8: Chiesa di San Nicolò dei Greci
The Greek Orthodox Church of San Nicolò dei Greci, Trieste, Italy, is a historical Greek Orthodox Church built in 1784-1787 and re designed by architect Matteo Pertsch. The building is also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of San Nicholas and Most Holy Trinity. The iconostasis was painted by Spyridon Sperantzas
Wikipedia: Greek Orthodox Church of San Nicolò dei Greci (EN)
Sight 9: Museo postale e telegrafico della Mitteleuropa
The Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Central Europe is located in Trieste, in the city center, in Borgo Teresiano, a short distance from the Trieste Centrale railway station.
Wikipedia: Museo postale e telegrafico della Mitteleuropa (IT)
Sight 10: Eccidio di Via Ghega
The massacre of via Ghega was a Nazi massacre carried out on April 23, 1944 at the Rittmeyer Palace, located in via Carlo Ghega n. 12 in Trieste and today headquarters of the Giuseppe Tartini Conservatory.
Sight 11: Palazzo Rittmeyer
Sight 12: Museo del Risorgimento e sacrario di Oberdan
The Museum of the Risorgimento and Memorial of Oberdan is an exhibition space located in Trieste that is dedicated to the Risorgimento. Its exhibitions cover a time span ranging from the uprisings of 1848 to the First World War, with particular attention to relics related to Venice-Giulia. The architectural complex also includes a memorial dedicated to Guglielmo Oberdan, a patriot and exponent of Italian irredentism executed in 1882 by the Austro-Hungarian authorities.
Wikipedia: Museo del Risorgimento e sacrario di Oberdan (IT), Website
Sight 13: Nuovo Tempio Istraelitico della Città di Trieste
The Synagogue of Trieste is a Jewish house of worship located in the city of Trieste, northern Italy.
Sight 15: Villa Geiringer
Castelletto Geiringer, also known as Villa Geiringer, is a historic residence in the city of Trieste in Italy.
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