The Duino Castle- Geographical Entry

The Duino Castle is one of the most beautiful and famous castles of hole europe . It is teh historical private dwelling of the Princess Thurm und Taxis, in Italian Principe Torre Tasso. It is located on a piece od outcoming Carso, under it is the beautiful Atlantic sea and also it-s private beach. Still now Prince Carlo Torre Tasso, his wife and his 3 children live there, but from 2003 the castle is open to the public. You can go to visit the marvellous park, full of ancient statues and colorful flowers, there is also the fountain with their symbol on it. The Duino Castle hosted thousands of famous people, Johann Strauss, Franz Litzt, Mark Twain and also Franz Ferdinand. The origins of the castle begin in the roman times , it was restructered after World War Two because the Germans destroyed part of it. The Castle of Duino didn-t become a cold museum, it is still a lived home and it tells it-s history, from the statues, paintings and ancient furniture. I personally think that this castle is simply fantastic, with the blue sky, beautiful park and sea, what could you want more???

Piazza Unità- Historical Entry

Piazza Unità not only is the biggest piazza in Trieste and Italy, it is the biggest European piazza facing the sea. Every citizen of trieste is very attached to this plaec, and it is a very popular meeting place. It was called Piazza Unità d'Italia the 25 of April 1955, it took this name because in 1918 Trieste finally joined Italy. In Piazza Unità there have always been all the most important political and social buildings. Since its first years, circa 1400, it had the magistrat building and people always used it as a physical reference point. In the middle of the piazza there is a fountain, it has four statues at the sides, each one has an animal on it. The four animals reppresent the four continets: Europe is reppresented with a horse, America a crocodile, Africa a lion and Asia with a camel. There is no Australia because it hadn't been discovered yet. In Piazza Unità there is the municipal building from the 1800, and also the very famous Caffè degli Specchi. It was build in 1839 and its a beautiful place to eat and drink tea. I love Piazza Unità and I'm very proud of it!