WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND
7 - 9
February 2014
Quote
of the day
Simplicity
is about subtracting the obvious and adding the
meaningful - John Maeda,
The
Laws of Simplicity
Trieste
will host the European
Carnival (Euro Carneval) next week -
from 13 - 16 February - with about 800 persons all clad in
carnival costumes. There
will be alot of
action, music, shows and fun downtown and at Muggia.
For more info see:
www.girofvg.com
Art &
Photography Exhibitions
Art exhibit
"Altro da Qui" by
Patrizia Delbello
at the City's Art
Gallery in Piazza Unita' 4. Open
every
day until 19/2/14 : 10-13/17-20.
Photography
exhibit "Magrit
Dittmann-Soldicic: Following the
footsteps of violinist Velemir Dugina" at Palazzo
Costanzi (behind
Piazza Unita') with photos of the violinist (1958 - 1987) by
the German
photographer with many shots pertaining to the seventies and
eighties that tell
the story of this talented young musician who passed away
when he was only 28.
Open every day, 8- 20.
Photography
exhibit "Elemento
Istria" by photographers Sara
Kaleb
and Lorenzo Lucia with shots on Istria's beauty and nature.
At the Unione
Istriani in via S. Pellico, 2 downtown. On until 20 /1/2014, open Mon. -Fri. from
10:00 - 12:00 / 16.30 - 18.30. A
new book on this topic with photos will be presented on the
last day of the
show.
Sat. 8/2: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of
historical
Caffe' San Marco
The historical
Caffe' San Marco inaugurated in 1914 will
be celebrating its 100th
Anniversary tomorrow. It is the place where intellectuals,
writers,
journalists, photographers, etc., used to hang out in the
past. Just to mention
some famous names like: Svevo, Sabam Voghera, Magris. It
was also used as a
location for a couple of films a few
years ago. It is well worth a visit as it is decorated
with original art deco
works. It is downtown, in
Via Battisti,
18(road parallel to Viale XX settembre).
"Aspettando il Carnevale" show with 250 dancers at
the Rossetti Theatre on Sunday
at 19:00
On Sunday at
19.00 at Teatro Rossetti in
Viale XX settembre, there will be a show on Arlecchino's
real story with a massive performance by 250 dancers
celebrating the upcoming
Carnival festival. There will be fantastic scenography
done by ArteffettoDanza
and classic music by Auber, Shostakovich and songs
recalling hits by the
Trentmollers, Copacabana, Brian Eno and Beyonce'. Tickets
on sale at the
theatre until Sat. 8/2 from 8.30-12.30/ 16-19.30 .
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.
Monte
Grisa Sanctuary
The Sanctuary on
Mount Grisa, which is easily
spotted from the Barcola Riviera, was designed by engineer
Antonio Guacci and
consecrated in 1966. It was built to fulfill a vow by
Trieste's Archbishop Santin
at the end of WW2, for the liberation without fierce battles
or destruction of
Trieste. Pope John XXIII decided that the Sanctuary would be
dedicated to the
Virgin Mary. It is surrounded by beautiful carsic nature and
when the weather
is nice, it is very pleasant to have healthy walks around
the area. Take bus 42
from the train station or from Piazza Oberdan.
KLEINE
BERLIN
Is a series of WW2
underground air-raid
tunnels in via Fabio Severo downton, used to protect from
the air raids and
attacks of the enemies. The underground system conected the
mansion of the SS
and polic officer Odilo Globocnik who was sent here by the
SS chief Himmler to
crush the Partisan Resistance movemebnt. Open: Mondays to
Friday, visit to be
bookd by emailfor groups of min. 20 - max 40 visitors.
kb@catts.it, web site:
www.cat.ts.it.
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
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.
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 its
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.
Visit
the Museum of the
Sea in Viale Campo
Marzio, 5 at the far end of the
seafront downtown. It tells the history of shipyards,
navigation and fishing in
the Adriatic Sea, displaying models of ships, dioramas and
old navigation
tools. Special sections are dedicated to Giuuseppe Ressel
and experiments by
Guglielmo Marconi. Open
each day from
Thursday to Tuesday, except on from 9.00 - 13.00. For more info see:
www.museodelmaretrieste.it.
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
Ski
season in the
Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and Pramollo ski resort in
Austria. For more info
on slopes, ski pass prices and weather forecast, check:
http://www.promotur.org
for ski in the FVG Region, Austria:
http://www.nassfeld.at/en/winter/
And general
ski maps in Italy:
http://skimaps.skiforum.it/skimaps/index.php