WHAT'S ON THIS
WEEKEND
10 -13 April 2014
Quote
of the day
If I
have a thousand
ideas and if only one turns out to be good, I
am satisfied.
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.
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
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
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 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.
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.
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 awkward as 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.
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