Trieste Centrale

Ponchielli n.3

Altar

Although work has been carried out several times in the presbytery, the high altar in S.M.Maggiore is the same one erected by the Jesuits between 1672 and 1717.  The tabernacle is placed on the table-sarcophagus, between the statues of four Jesuit saints and two angels. It is embellished on the sides by two spiral volutes with two little angel statues and surmounted by a ciborium in red and white marble crowned by a little dome with the statue of the Risen Christ. Some features, such as the table-sarcophagus and the little door of the tabernacle in gilt bronze, were crafted by Austrians.  

Pews

The parish church of S.M.Maggiore

A clear line between public and private

American bar

Leonardo Emilio Comici

Wooden statue dedicated to Emilio Comici, carved by the gardenese Tita Demetz in the 90s.

In Selva Gardena, a bronze model has been placed in front of the Campaccia climbing wall, where Emilio Comici lost his life in a banal accident.

Leonardo Emilio Comici (Trieste, February 21, 1901 - Selva di Val Gardena, October 19, 1940) was an Italian climber and speleologist. He accomplished many climbs in the eastern Alps, in particular in the Dolomites (opening approximately 200 new routes) and the Julian Alps.

Fabrizio Furci

Fabrizio Furci solo guitar concert at the Conservatoire (Trieste, 1 February 2012)

Chapeau!

The bora wind has unroofed palazzo Carciotti also known from now on as... Scoverciotti.

in the grip of frost

dots & lines

borin

Exit

(via Rossetti, photo by Nereo C.)
Welcome back from your trip through time!

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

The first deportations from Trieste began on October 9, 1943. The elderly and the sick at the Jewish hospice "Pia Casa Asilo Gentilomo" in Via Cologna were deported on 20 January 1944. This stone was placed in the Hospice courtyard in their memory.

Entrance

If you want to travel through time, in Trieste there is a door to the trip you've always dreamed of. 

Here's a link to street view so you can identify the location of the entrance.

Warning: pass through at your own risk, this blog does not assume any responsibility for anyone who does not return. 

The exit is located elsewhere.

Miramare station

before and after

I took the first photo in September 30th 2008, when the old building in Via d'Azeglio had already been demolished and work on the construction of the new one had not yet begun.

I passed again a few days ago and a horrendous carpark was waiting for me.

8+

Rowing in the mist

Pilot ladder

(Zaule, Riva Alvise Cadamosto)

The pilot ladder (biscaggina o biscaglina in Italian) is a portable ladder consisting of two ropes between which are inserted sticks or planks that form the steps.
It serves primarily to embark and disembark the pilot when the ship is still offshore.

It is not there to help the commander of a ship flee from his sinking ship !!

Triest on a lampshade

Bunga bunga

...but if you can't drink, not all is lost, apparently!

Nowadays the rallying cry is: Sobriety!

(Punto Franco Nuovo, Hangar 69. Photo by Nereo C.)

Viale della Terza Armata

Ivo Andric

Of everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living nothing is in my eyes better and more valuable than bridges. They are more important than houses, more sacred than shrines. Belonging to everyone and being equal to everyone, useful, always built with a sense, on the spot where most human needs are crossing, they are more durable than other buildings and they do not serve for anything secret or bad (The Bridge on the Drina)

moss

Nazario Sauro

The bronze statue of Nazario Sauro by Trieste-born sculptor Tristan Alberti (1915-1966), was placed in front of the Trieste Maritime Station on the 50th anniversary of the death of Koper-born Nazario Sauro (1880-1916), an irredentist executed by the Hapsburg military authorities for high treason on August 10, 1916.

A final bid farewell to Christmas

Outdoor bookshop

Happy New Year

Ponterosso on ice

Merry Xmas

Divo Antonio

Yale man

mirrored

CCTV

quote

"On the night of May 10, 1941, with one of the last bombs of the last serious raid, our House of Commons was destroyed by the violence of the enemy, and we have now to consider whether we should build it up again,and how, and when. We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us. Having dwelt and served for more than forty years in the late Chamber, and having derived very great pleasure and advantage therefrom, I, naturally, should like to see it restored in all essentials to its old form, convenience and dignity."

-Winston Churchill, 28 October 1943 to the House of Commons (meeting in the House of Lords).

Sqon the cat

(via Tigor)


Sqon has left his signature in many places, some hidden and others clearly visible, for all to see, in streets, on walls and cars, in Pordenone, Udine, Venice and other cities in the northeast of Italy. 
Apparently he lives in Pordenone or nearby, he is 24 years old and has taken part in various street art and hip hop culture events.

On the Internet, photos of some of his fat cats can be seen at the following sites:
www.ekosystem.org/tag/sqon
www.fotolog.com/fatcats
www.aerosolart.it/sqon.htm
www.graffiti.org/sqon/index.html
www.mymage.it/portfolio/index.php?d=Sqon/
www.flickr.com/photos/un-gatto-di-passaggio/sets/72157601898158997/
(source: Off)

Skid mark

gas mask

merry-go-round

(piazza Goldoni)

Brolly

cliffs

Beata Vergine

The Blessed Virgin of Health hosted in the Church of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary

Scala dei giganti

a detail of the recently cleaned and restored staircase 

Androna del pozzo

Chris Gilmour

Chris Gilmour, the artist who created the Equestrian Statue, photographed next to a cardboard cannon, his second work of art exhibited at the Museum Revoltella.

mild weather

Tiny little ...

MÖWENSTEERT

Tug/Icebreaker/Salvage vessel

Registered: IMO 8034198

103 GRT, 28 NRT, L24,46m, B6,66m, Dr2,65m

1 scr, diesel 4t 6cyl MWM type RH335SU, 430bhp-317kW, sp 11kn

Today's photo is not really about a boat (btw, you already saw the green tug in a mirror). It's about ... a tiny little flag.
The Mowensteert is flying the Austrian flag. After 90 years, the red-white-red flag once again flies in the port of Trieste!

(photo by Nereo C.)