Three giants in one shot

The Ursus, the Vittoria Lighthouse and the Monte Grisa Temple.

Today I received this award from Christopher which is a great honour, thanks a lot.

Now I have to follow rules which are:
- Put the Award in the blog
- Link back to the blog who gave you it
- Pass the Award on to other blogs
- Inform owners about Award
- Make rules visible And these are my blogs:
Gabriola Daily Photo
Tamarindo, Costa Rica Daily Photo
Three little cameras
maiscio

All great blogs that deserve to be recognised.

Faro della Vittoria (3)

At the top stands the magnificent copper statue of Victory, by sculptor Giovanni Mayer. It weighs about 7 tonnes and is 8.6m tall.


The wings have holes in them to stop the Bora wind blowing the statue off.

Faro della Vittoria (2)

The lighthouse seen face on: you can make out the impressive figure of the sailor (7.2m tall) by Giovanni Mayer, which was created using 100 tonnes of Orsera stone. The anchor of the torpedo-boat destroyer Audace (the first Italian ship to sail into Trieste port on November 3rd 1918) hangs under the lighthouse. The only detail in focus is the anchor chain.

Tomorrow I'll show you what there is at the top.

The importance of symbols (2)

The Victoria Lighthouse, built between 1923 and 1927 to the design of Triestine architect Arduino Berlan, (1880-1946), not only guides the boats during the night but is also a commemorative monument dedicated to the sailors who died in World War I.

The symbolic lighthouse was built on top of the Austrian fortification Kressich, using one of its bastions as its base. Once again symbols glorifying Trieste's Italianism have replaced Austrian ones.

The fortification. built in 1854, was an impregnable military structure, with cannon ports, a large moat and drawbridge, and invulnerable underground chambers, which, at fifty metres above sea level, could not be hit by naval artillery.