Tag Archives: Trieste

Figures – Agriculture

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Brian

Bronze of an African woman representing Agriculture, by Czech sculptor and designer Franta Anýž (1876 – 1934), at the entrance of the building on the Via Roma, Trieste built in 1914 by the Živnostenská banka of Prague, now the offices … Continue reading →

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Pylon, Piazza Unità d’Italia, Trieste

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Brian

Two temporary wooden flag poles were installed in the Piazza Unità d’Italia, Trieste, in 1923.  The Royal Automobile Club of Italy replaced them with bronze ‘pylons’ in 1933.  The pylons are 6 meters high; the sculptural bases, from a sketch … Continue reading →

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Fountain of the Tritons, Trieste

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Brian

The Fountain of the Tritons in Trieste stands on Piazza Vittorio Veneto, in front of the post office. In the middle of the pool there are huge figures: two Tritons and a Nereid. They bend under a giant shell, from … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 50: Italy 2003

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Roma, Trieste, 1st March 2003 Early morning at the Serbian Orthodox church of St Spiridione: the Eastern rite rhetoric of colour and gold, of sad-faced icons and star painted window recesses, of a host of candles and sonorous tenor … Continue reading →

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Morning Coffee in Italy

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Brian

My visit to Trieste and Venice in May offered so much to enjoy and savour – history, great architecture, wonderful paintings and sculpture, memorable food and drink, and ever changing and relaxing sea and waterways.  The physical world combined with … Continue reading →

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Omaggio a Miro

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Brian

Immersive art at the Miro exhibition, Muse Revoltella, Trieste, May 2023.

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Trieste Scrapbook May 2023

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Brian
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Trieste Window

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Brian
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Molo Audace, Trieste

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Brian

The windrose at the end of the Molo Audace indicates the directions of four winds, the Greco, Scirocco, Libeccio and Maestro.  Away on the edge, between the Greco and the Scirocco, a fat-cheeked cherub boldly blows in the Bora.  ‘This … Continue reading →

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Trieste Emporia

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Brian

There is much that is grand and beautiful about Trieste.  There are also telling and fascinating details that are the reward for keeping eyes and mind open, as a few previous posts have shown.  Sell-all shops, usually Chinese-run, are another … Continue reading →

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Trieste Stumbling Stone

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Brian

“A Stolperstein is a ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Literally, it means ‘stumbling stone’ and metaphorically ‘stumbling block’. The Stolpersteine project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, aims to … Continue reading →

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Only Colour – Trieste Orange

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Brian
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