GRAD MIRAMARE TRST -THE CASTLE OF MIRAMARE

Zgodovina - Grad (slo)

Grad Miramare in njegov park sta bila zgrajena po naročilu Ferdinanda Maximiliana  Habsburškega, ki se je odločil za postavitev primernega bivališča zgrajeno na obrobju Trsta, obrnjeno proti morju in obdano z velikim vrtom, popolnoma trd neokrnjen kraški rt  skoraj brez vegetacije - Maximilian je konec leta 1855 tu kupil več zemljišč. Temeljni kamen so položili  1. marca 1856.

Na božični večer, 1860 sta se,  Maximilian in njegova žena, Charlotte iz Belgije, nastanila v pritličju stavbe, ki je bila že zaključena na zunaj. V notranjosti pa je bilo prvo nadstropje še vedno v pripravi. Arhitekturno zgradbo Miramara, ki jo je leta 1856 oblikoval Carl Junker, avstrijski arhitekt, je bil končan leta 1860.

The History - The Castle (eng)

The Castle of Miramare and its Park were built by order of Ferdinand Maximilian of Hapsburg who decided to have a residence befitting his rank built on the outskirts of Trieste, facing the sea and surrounded by a large garden. Struck by the tough, untamed beauty of the promontory of Grignano – a sheer Karst outcrop, then almost devoid of vegetation – Maximilian purchased several plots of land at the end of 1855.   The laying of the foundation stone took place on 1st March 1856.

On Christmas Eve, 1860, Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte of Belgium, took up residence on the ground floor of the building, which was already completed externally. Internally the first floor was still in preparation. Designed in 1856 by Carl Junker, an Austrian architect, the architectural structure of Miramare was finished in 1860