What's On This Weekend - 10 - 13 April 2014

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*WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND10 -13 April 2014*

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*/If I have a thousand ideas and if only one turns out to be good, I am 
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*/Alfred Nobel/*

*Today at 20.30: Triestine folk songs at Teatro Miela *

Tonite Maria Celani will present the Triestine song show "A Trieste se 
cantava cussi'.... e oggi?" (Once upon a time they used to sing like 
this in Trieste... and now?). Free contribution to the show by each 
participant.

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*Tomorrow, Fri. 11 April: Concert at the Verdi Theatre *

The concert on Friday at 20.30 and on Sat. at 18.00 is directed by 
Maestro Gabor Otvos while soprano Mandy Fredrich will sing music by 
Richard Strauss. For bookings online: www.teatroverdi-trieste.com or 
call 800090373

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*Art Exhibitions*

Solo Art exhibition by famous artist *Giuseppe Zigaina "Panoramas like 
anatomy and sketches 1965 - 2014"*at the Region's HQ in Piazza Oberdan. 
Zigaina just turned 90 and is one of the most respected contemporary 
artists in the whole of this area.Open until 6/5, entrance from Mondays 
to Thursdays 9:30 - 17:30.; Fridays: 9:30 - 13:00. Closed Sat & Sun.

Art exhibition *"Momenti vissuti" *by Triestine artist *Tullio Sila* *at 
LUX Art Gallery *in via Rittmeyer 7*. *Open until 19/4, on 
Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri-Sat, from 17.00-20.00.**

*TOURING THIS AREA*

*Guided tour of Trieste*every day at 10.30 a.m.: A 2 hours guided 
walking tour through the main sites and monuments of Trieste. The tour 
is in Italian and English and costs euro 7/pers. Book your tour by 
calling the FVG Tourist Office in via dell' Orologio 1 (in Piazza 
Unità): 040 3478312.

The *Giant Cave - Grotta Gigante*is considered the largest tourist cave 
in the world, situated in the Karst half an hour from the city centre. 
An exclusive feature of the cave is the horizontal pendulum, constructed 
by university researchers in order to calculate the slightest movements 
of the earth's crust. Visiting times every hour: 10:00 - 18:00. Each 
visit lasts one hour. Entrance ticket:Euro 11/each. For groups of over 
15 persons: Euro 5/head. Take bus 42 from Piazza Oberdan and get off at 
Borgo Grotta, Sgonico -- proceed by foot for 5 minutes -- follow road 
sign for Grotta Gigante. Wear comfortable shoes, no heels. Check 
website: /www.grottagigante.it/

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*The Revoltella Modern Art Museum is *located downtown; it was**founded 
in Trieste <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trieste>in 1872 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872>by Baron Pasquale Revoltella 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pasquale_Revoltella&action=edit&redlink=1>who 
left his house to the city (located in Piazza Venezia) after he passed 
away. It still displays all the art works, furniture and books of his 
time. The main building was built in 1858, designed by Friedrich Hitzig 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hitzig>and later on, in 1907 the 
City acquired the Brunner Building located nearby in order to expand the 
original collection. This building has been completely utilized only 
since 1963 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963>, following its 
restructuring of Carlo Scarpa 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Scarpa>. Its entrance is from Via 
Diaz 27. It has a remarkable collection of modern art (1860 to 1970), 
baroque art and 1700s and 1800s furniture, located in a superb 
environment. Not to be missed! Open from 10:00 - 19:00, closed on Tuesdays.

*The Civico Museo Sartorio is a Villa *that**once belonged to the 
Sartorio dynasty originally from Sanremo. A branch of the family moved 
in 1775 to Trieste as part of its business expansion. Pietro Sartorio 
here with his family and bought the house, previously owned by the 
merchant family Faraon, originary from Alexandria of Egypt. The last 
heir of the Sartorio family, Baroness Anna Segrè Sartorio, left the 
villa and all the furniture to Trieste's city council with the explicit 
wish to make it a public museum.

The villa was used by the Allies, as their headquarter after WW2, as can 
be seen by the marks on the tiles and walls where the telephone and 
electric leads were brought through. Besides the villa itself being a 
very interesting building architecturally, it contains drawings of 
famous XVII century artists Giambattista Tiepolo.

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*MISCELLANEA*

*Antique Market downtown Trieste behind Piazza Unita' on Sunday *from 
10:00 am until the afternoon. You may find some interesting pieces in 
the stalls and the surrounding antique stores.

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*SWIMMING *

- The Acquamarina thermal pool (towards the end of the seafront, close 
to the Ausonia bathing establishment) at Molo f.lli Bandiera 1, 
Trieste,is equipped with a swimming pool, jacuzzi tubs, saunas, a 
fitness and massage centre and a lot more. The pool has salt water at a 
temperature of 30-32 degrees and is therapeutic for whomever suffers 
from pains, sprains and else. There are acquagym and other courses 
organized in the evenings. It is open to the public for swimming only, 
but timetables can be awkwardas on Mon, Wed & Fri it's open from 7.40 - 
13.00; Tue & Thur from 10.20 -13.00 & from 15.40 - 17.00;Sat 7.40 - 
13.00; Sun 7.40 - 11.40. Tickets cost euro 6,60/head for the pool only - 
one is allowed to stay in the pool for 80 minutes -, if you include 
jacuzzi with pool, it costs euro 9,10.

Take bus 8 from Roiano or from the train station. For info see: 
www.2001team.com/acquamarina/ or call 040 301100.

*CAFES, FOOD AND WINE IN TRIESTE***

_Trieste's historical cafes_:  Cafe' Tommaseo(Riva 3 Novembre) and Cafe' 
San Marco(Via Battisti 13) are places where writers, intellectuals and 
artists still meet. Presentation of books, art exhibits and musical 
evenings are held there too.

_Renown Triestine Buffet in town_: "Da Pepi", via Cassa di Risparmio nr 
3: a typical Triestine old-fashioned food place where one can have 
excellent ham sandwiches at the bar or enjoy the special house dish, a 
variety of meats served with sauerkraut and freshly grated horseradish. 
Good selection of wines and beers. Reviewed by the New York Times as the 
best in the Region.

_Traditional pastry shops,_dating back to 1850, decorated in "Liberty " 
style:*"La* *Bomboniera"* in via XXX Ottobre (near Piazza San Antonio) 
with its delicious pastries and coffee served in a cosy historical 
environment and *"Pasticceria* *Pirona"* in Largo Barriera 12, where 
James Joyce used to be a customer. Pirona won a prize for the best hot 
chocolate in Italy.

*/ICTP's Administration takes no responsibility whatsoever for the 
correctness or completeness of the above information./*

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