Miramare Castle was originally built between 1856 and 1860 as the home of Maximilian of Habsburg-Lorraine, Archduke of Austria and later Emperor of Mexico, and his wife Charlotte of Belgium. Overlooking the Gulf of Trieste, it is located a few kilometers north of the capital. Miramare is the Italianized form of the original Miramar, deriving from the Spanish "mirar el mar", as Maximilian of Habsburg, in visiting the promontory that hosts it, was inspired by the memory of Spanish castles overlooking the Atlantic Ocean coasts. The castle is surrounded by a large park of about 22 hectares characterized by a great variety of plants, many of which were chosen by the archduke himself during his travels around the world, which he performed as an admiral of the Austrian navy. Miramare Castle "still has the original period furnishings, testimony of the history of the noble owners, the archduke and his wife Charlotte of Saxony, daughter of the King of Belgium, and of their sad destiny that did not allow them to enjoy the splendid mansion". Inside, the castle is divided into several rooms. The ground floor was intended as the residence of Emperor Maximilian I and his wife Carlotta, while the upper floor was later used as the residence of Duke Amedeo d'Aosta, who lived there for about seven years and modified some rooms according to the style of the epoch. The Imperial-Regie insignia were removed and replaced with Savoy crosses. At the end of 1945, New Zealand troops under the command of General Freyberg entered Trieste and settled in the castle, making many changes to the interior. Subsequently, the British troops placed the headquarters of the XIII Corps in Miramare. Eventually the Americans arrived and the castle served as the headquarters for the American garrison Trieste United States Troops (TrUST) from 1947 to 3 October 1954. The castle is used as a museum. Inside there is also a valuable collection of oriental vases. You can admire the rooms that were inhabited by Massimiliano and his wife Carlotta, the guest rooms, the information room that tells the story of the Castle and the construction park, the rooms where the Duke Amedeo d'Aosta lived with furnishings of 1930 in the rationalist style.
All the rooms are well preserved and retain all the original furnishings including ornaments, furniture and objects dating back to the mid 19th century. Particularly noteworthy are the music room where Carlotta practiced the sound of the fortepiano visible now in room VII and the room that evokes the naval furnishings of the Novara frigate on which Massimiliano was on board when he served in the Austrian Navy.
In room XIX there are a series of paintings by Cesare Dell'Acqua depicting the history of Miramare.
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