WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND 7 - 10 November 2013
LECTURES AT PALAZZO GOPCEVICH, TRIESTE
Tonight, 7 November at 18.30 at Palazzo Gopcevich downtown, along the Canale di Ponterosso: ICTP organizes a talk in Italian on medical physics and its benefits with the participation of Professors Bertocchi, Longo and de Denaro. There will be music intermissions by Conservatorio Giuseppe Tartini and wine and food tasting offered by local producers. Everybody is welcome to attend. You may browse the calendar of lectures at this website http://triesteconoscenza.it/it/eventi/eventi/dettaglio/no-science--no-party--cocktail-di-scienza--arte-e-musica/route/it.
Art Exhibitions
LAST period to see the VENICE Biennial International Art Exhibition (closing this year on 24 Nov) at the Giardini and Arsenale and other areas in Venice. This year's theme is "The Encyclopedic Palace". It is open Tues - Sun from 10.00 - 18.00 and costs euro 25/head for one day or euro 30 for two days. For info: www.labiennale.org/it/
Photography
exhibit at STUDIO TOMMASEO ( via del Monte 2/1, close to Corso Italia) by
outstanding eclectic Polish
artist, writer, photographer, philosopher, poet Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939) with portraits of Arthur
Rubenstein and the
great Polish anthropologist Bonislaw Malinowski. Open until
18/12. For info: www.triestecontemporanea.it/pagina.php?id_p=17&l=e&id_m=1
At the MIB SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT of TRIESTE in Largo Caduti di Nassiriya, 1, Ferdinandeo), solo show "La buona novella" (Good news) by artist Patrizia Bigarella. The artist presents paintings, sculptures and engravings of extraordinary quality. Open until 12 November. Guided tours by the artist on Mondays and Tuesdays from 16.30 until 19.00. For info call: 3335736710. To get there, take bus 25 from Piazza Goldoni.
Art show VII Salone d'Autunno dell'Arte Triestina (the Autumn Salon of Triestine Art) at LUX Art Gallery in via Rittmeyer 7 with many contemporary Triestine artists. Open until 16/11, on Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri-Sat, from 17.00-20.00.
PROSECCO'S traditional San Martino feast
From tomorrow, Prosecco (in the karst) will be celebrating its traditional local feast dedicated to San Martino with wine and food tastings until Monday. The programme features traditional music, horse carts and carriages, plays, transportation of wine and on Monday, the fair of San Martino will display its stalls selling wines, food, chestnuts and traditional sausages with sauerkraut.
Beethoven at the Church of San Silvestro
Tonite at 21.00 the Church of San Silvestro (behind Piazza Unita') pianist Naruhiko Kawaguchi will perform the airs of Beethoven, Clementi and Dussek. Ticket: Euro 7/head.
Renaissance and Baroque music a Sucuola della Musica 55 downtown
Tomorrow at 20.30 at the Casa della Musica 55 in Via Capitelli 3 (close to Piazza Unita') performance by the PALLADIO DUO with music by Martin y Coll, Frescobaldi, Valente, Boddecker, Corrette, Cimoso, Handel and Salaverde. Ticket: Euro 10/head.
MISCELLANEA
Free Museums on Sunday
On Sunday residents and people born in Trieste can visit the following museums for free: Castello di San Giusto, Museo civico di storia ed arte e orto lapidario, Museo Sartorio, Museo Revoltella, Museo d’arte orientale, Museo teatrale “Schmidl”, Museo Morpurgo, Museo di Storia Patria, Orto Botanico, Acquario, Museo del Mare.
Art lovers may like to sign up for painting, portrait, ceramics, other classes at the best art school in town: Scuola del Vedere, in via Rittmeyer 18. For info: www.scuoladelvedere.it, or call 3478554008/ 040311885.
TOURING THIS AREA
City Sight-Seeing tour by bus (like the red London buses), lasts for one hour, departing from downtown at the Stazione Marittima (close to Piazza Unita') but you can board the bus at GRIGNANO. Tickets last for 48 hours and there are 3 tours in the mornings (from 10.00 -12.00) and 3 in the afternoons (from 14.00 -16.00), Ticket costs: Euro 18/head; children Euro 9/head. Ring tel: 393 9172656 to inform that you will board the bus at Grignano. For info: www.trieste.city-sightseeing.it
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 (on the corner of Piazza Unità): 040 3478312.
The Revoltella Modern Art Museum is located downtown; it was founded in Trieste in 1872 by Baron Pasquale Revoltella 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 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, following its restructuring of 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. Ticket: Free this Sunday for residents
VAL ROSANDRA: Nature lovers will enjoy its beauty
The Val Rosandra Valley encloses a remarkable natural environment which reveals its true beauty in autumn. It is situated half an hour by bus from the city centre. There are several hiking routes from easy to not-so-easy, an old railway station that once connected Trieste to Vienna in the past centuries, now converted into a cycling path. There is a stream, a Roman aqueduct, a restaurant and rock climbers enoy training there.
See: www.turismofvg.it/Parks-and-natural-reserves/Val-Rosandra-Reserve
Take bus 40 from the train station (it goes to Dolina) and get off in strada della Rosandra.
Risiera di San Sabba is a former rice-husking facility that was built in 1913. After September 8, 1943, the Nazi occupation forces used the premises as prison camp, headquarters where deported prisoners were sorted out to be sent to Germany and Poland, raided goods depot, prison and extermination camp for hostages, partisans, political and Jewish prisoners. On April 4, 1944 a crematory plant was installed and made operative. In 1965, a decree issued by the President of the Republic raised the “Risiera di San Sabba” to the status of National Monument. Free entry. Open daily from 9.00 - 19.00. Take bus 8 from the train station. For more info see :
www.retecivica.trieste.it/triestecultura/new/musei/risiera_san_sabba/brochure/Risiera inglese per e-brochure.pdf
Visit the Oriental Art Museum in Palazzetto Leo in via San Sebastiano, 1 (near Piazza Unita') there are many oriental items, paintings, furniture, porcelains that have been collected by our seafaring ancestors here in Trieste. It is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 9.00 - 13.00. For more info see: www.muuseoarteorientaletrieste.it. Ticket: Free this Sunday for residents.
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
CAFES, FOOD AND WINE IN TRIESTE
Trieste's historical cafes: Caffe' degli Specchi (Piazza Unita'), Caffe' Tommaseo (Riva 3 Novembre) and San Marco Cafe' (Via Battisti 13) opened in the 19th & 20th century, are places where writers, musicians and artists meet and where artistic-cultural events are often held.
The most typical & genuine Triestine Buffet in town is "Da Pepi", in via Cassa di Risparmio nr 3, where one can have excellent ham rolls at the counter or enjoy the special house dish: a variety of ham and 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.
Two traditional pastry shops, dating back to 1850, decorated in "Liberty " style are "La Bomboniera" in via XXX Ottobre (near Piazza San Antonio) with its delicious pastries and coffee served in a cosy 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.
OSMIZE
An "osmiza" is a private farm house in the karst hills. There are several open this period. The origins of the osmiza dates back to the Austrian times when the Austrian Emperor Joseph II gave permission to all his citizens to sell directly their wine and some of their own goods (cheese, eggs, bread, ham) for a period of eight days. The word comes from the Slovenian language, "osem" (eight). They can be spotted from the road as they are indicated with a branch of leaves on the roadsigns, called frasche. Check the following link to find out their timings and locations: http://www.osmize.net/
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