Historical entry on Trieste, The Miramare castle

The castle of Miramare was built by the architect Carl Junke for the archiduke of Austria Maximilian. The constuction took place between 1856 and 1860, when the region of Friuli was still under Austrian control (the city of Trieste grew only because of the Austrians who expanded Trieste into a huge industial port). Its amazing gardens are 22 hectares wide and they are full of rare tropical plants. The castle is built on a cliff, from where you can see a part of the city and the gulf of grignano. The archiduke Maximilian and his family lived there until Maximilian was forced to leave to become the emperor of Messico. Unfortunatly it was a bad time to be emperor because after a few years there was a freedom revolt in Messico, in which Maximilian was executed. Later in 1966 Trieste and Istrian pennunsula became part of italy and the next person to live there was the duke Amadeo of Savoy (PS: the Savoy where the italian royal family). Nowadays the miramare castle is run by the Cultural Heritage Office and it has become a museum that shows the ancient lifestyle of the archiduke Maximilian and his family. The furniture is original and extremely beautiful, especially the one of the throne room. Near the gardens are esthablished the international center for theoretical physics (ICTP), the international school for advanced studies (SISSA), and various marine reserves of the WWF.