Piazza Venezia (; "Venice Square") is one of the best known squares of

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, the capital of

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. The square has a view over the Adriatic to the Alps with the Dolomite Mountains Civetta,

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and

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. The square is known for its central monument and its prominent buildings and their features: the Revoltella Palace designed by

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, with its furnishings and art collection, today including over 350 pieces, the historic Mizzan pharmacy, still conserving the original furnishing, with carved boiserie and fire-worked stained glass windows with mythological images, and the monument of

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, the work of sculptor

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. The square is connected to via Torino, often credited as the center of Trieste's nightlife.

Description

Revoltella Palace

The square, previously known as ''piazza Ganza'', was created following the burial of the streets facing the sea. The ground consisted of earth until it was paved in 1865. The Revoltella Palace, located at the civic number 5, was once the abode of entrepreneur Pasquale Revoltella. Today the palace houses the

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, and is noted for its rich furnishing and collection of paintings and sculptures that the Baron Revoltella bequeathed to the city of Trieste. The building was designed by Friedrich Hitzig and built in 1858. The collection bequeathed by Revoltella was enlarged over the years, and today there are about 350 paintings and sculptures on display.

Mizzan Pharmacy

The historic pharmacy, previously located in via Lazzaretto Vecchio is located inside a palace built in the first half of the 19th century by the neoclassical architect Valentino Valle. It was inaugurated on January 1, 1903 in ''piazza Giuseppina''. Piazza Venezia was previously called ''Giuseppina'', like the Borgo Giuseppino, in honor of

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. The pharmacy was bought in 1900 by the Mizzan family, the owners of several pharmacies across the

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, including

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's (''Mizzan'') and

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's ''Alla Salute''. It was owned by the family for over 70 years. Today known as "Al Sant'Andrea", the pharmacy is still called "Mizzan" by Trieste's senior citizens. The last proprietor of the pharmacy, Ettore, used labels realized by Argio Orel and Vito Timmel. On the day of its opening, the wideness and the modernity of the pharmacy were emphasized. Today there are still preserved the original decorations and furnishing, including carved boiserie and fire-worked stained glass windows with mythological images. Since its opening, the pharmacy has been renowned for the

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of the well-known Doctor Mizzan, a tradition which it has kept to this day. The palace housing the pharmacy is considered one of the best works by Valle, who signed the project on March 8, 1834. It has four floors. The ground floor has an exterior in smooth ashlar, in which five round arches are set. The mural surface is enriched by four Doric pilaster strips of

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. The windows on the second floor present linear

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, sustained by volutes in white stone. The facade folds in an obtuse angle, and on its shorter side on via Torino there is the gate, overhung by a balustrade balcony which was added later, in 1861.

Maximilian's monument

In the center of the square there is the monument of

, who built the

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, one of the symbols of the city, and was instrumental in creating the naval port of Trieste. The statue is one of the best known statues of Maximilian and of the city of Trieste. The monument is the work of German sculptor

. It was inaugurated on April 3, 1875, in the presence of Emperor

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. The monument is made of bronze and about 9-meter-tall. Maximilian is dressed as an admiral, and he stands on a pedestal decorated with an alto-rilievo depicting the Austrian and Trieste's emblems. Around the octagonal base there are the personifications of the four cardinal points, alternated with medallions with the symbols of the arts, science, poetry and industry. Orient is represented as a woman holding a shoot, with a crescent moon and a star; Occident is represented by a bare-chested woman with the evening star and a trident, the South is an

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with a palm branch, and the North a bearded man with a harp and a hawser. When Trieste became part of Italy in 1918, the monument was removed by the authorities. In 1961 it was placed at the Miramare Castle Park, and only in 2009 it returned to Piazza Venezia.Marco Barone "La statua di Massimiliano d’Asburgo ed i simboli della massoneria" In: Bora, 16 April 2014.

Scuglievich Palace

On the square's western side there is the ''Palazzo Scuglievich'', built in 1832 after the project of architect Domenico Corti, who is credited with having imprinted on the neighborhood its style. The palace was renovated and significantly changed in 1863, and in 1876 it was acquired by

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-born merchant Cristoforo Scuglievich, part of Trieste's

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community. The palace is known for having hosted Nobel prize winner

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during his stay in Trieste between 1922 and 1923, and today there is plaque commemorating the event on the building's facade. The palace also has a plaque commemorating Scuglievich, located on the ground floor.

Gallery

File:Piazza Venezia- Revoltella Palace.jpg, Revoltella Palace File:Painting Palazzo Revoltella.jpg, Revoltella Palace, by Alberto Rieger (1865) File:Mizzan pharmacy and via Torino (2).jpg, Mizzan pharmacy with via Torino on the left File:Mizzan, Piazza Venezia, Trieste.jpg, The "Mizzan" (with entrance to the palace overhung by balcony on via Torino) File:Doric pilaster strips of giant order above Mizzan pharmacy.jpg, Doric pilaster strips of giant order above pharmacy File:Mizzan Tamarind Syrup.jpg, Mizzan Tamarind Syrup, 1928 label File:Piazza Venezia 12.11.2009 013.jpg, Plaque commemorating

on Palazzo Scuglievich File:Maximilian Monument, Piazza Venezia, Trieste 6.jpg, Maximilian Monument File:Maximilian Monument, Piazza Venezia, Trieste 7.jpg, Maximilian monument, detail, the North File:Maximilian Monument, Piazza Venezia, Trieste 5.jpg, Maximilian Monument, detail, Orient File:Maximilian Monument, Piazza Venezia, Trieste 8.jpg, Maximilian Monument, detail, the South File:Maximilian Monument, Piazza Venezia, Trieste 4.jpg, Maximilian Monument, detail, Occident File:Maximilian Monument, Piazza Venezia, Trieste 3.jpg, Maximilian Monument, detail, emblems File:Maximilian Monument, Piazza Venezia, Trieste 2.jpg, Maximilian Monument, detail, emblems File:Maximilian Monument, Piazza Venezia, Trieste.jpg, Maximilian Monument, detail, emblems File:Maximilian Monument, Piazza Venezia, Trieste-----.jpg, Maximilian Monument, detail, emblems

References

External links

The square at aroundtrieste.com
{{Trieste Province of Trieste Buildings and structures in Trieste Tourist attractions in Friuli-Venezia Giulia