The best known attraction is the castle of Miramare Trieste, which each year attracts crowds of tourists within its walls.
At this beautiful site is linked one of the saddest stories 800.
Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, takes up residence at Trieste in 1852 and two years later he was appointed Commander Supreme Imperial Austrian Navy.
on board the frigate "Novara" He traveled in the Mediterranean and increases their knowledge of the peoples with whom it comes into contact, a passion for botany begins to mature the idea of \u200b\u200bbuilding a garden with exotic plants that studies during of his wanderings.
During one of these trips, while on board the "Lady of Health", was sailing near Trieste, is surprised by a violent storm and find shelter in the bay of Grignano. Here is struck by the beauty of the place and the purchase of a spur of rock above it to the place of his residence.
The work entrusted to the architect Karl Junker and soon proved to be more complex than expected. The entire project cost 600,000 guilders (a worker received an average monthly salary of 45 guilders). The white stones that form the outer structure of the "palace" comes from the quarries of Porec in Istria. The style is eclectic, typical of the period and draws on the architectural components of the past.
in Belgium during a diplomatic mission entrusted to him by his brother knows one of the most beautiful princesses of Europe: Charlotte daughter of King Leopold I of Belgium and Marie-Louise d'Orleans. The two married on July 27, 1857.
Immediately after the wedding, Maximilian was appointed Governor of Lombardy and Veneto to his brother and the couple moved to Milan while Grignano continued to work.
In Milan things are not going well: Maximilian is located between the house of Habsburg (of which he was the representative) that it intended to resolve the issue of military independence Italian and its openness and reform that aimed to address the problem with diplomacy. In April of 1859 was replaced by Marshal Radetzky and sadly leaves Milan on the eve of the Second War of Independence.
returned to Trieste, since the construction of the castle was not yet finished, decided to build a smaller building (the Little Castle), but similar to the one under construction to reside temporarily until Christmas 1860 when The pair officially joined the Miramare Castle (which was only completed in the foreground).
E 'Perhaps this is the most peaceful period for the Archduke and his wife who, free from challenging assignments, they can enjoy the castle and the warmth of Trieste.
In May of 1861 arrives in the harbor of the beautiful Miramare Sissi (Empress Elizabeth, wife of Emperor Franz Joseph) who is visiting in-laws and is struck by the beauty of the castle and its park.
Massimiliano In this period is dedicated not only to the pleasures of the court but travels a lot, especially in the capitals, for diplomatic reasons and with the secret hope of being able to redeem the Milanese period.
In those years, rich Mexican families who had lost their old privileges of the North American country following independence from English rule, they turn to European monarchs to restore the old privileges. Some countries which have strong claims on Mexico agreed to intervene militarily, and in October of 1861, French troops, the English and British invaded the land of the mariachi to arrive in Mexico City in June of '63.
On 3 October of that year, comes Miramare Don Gutierrez de Estrada driving a Mexican delegation officially offering the crown to the Archduke Maximilian of Mexico.
After a series of consultations between the European monarchs that militated against the company (the only one who had promised him support was Napoleon III), calls to Mexico for a referendum to know the opinion of the people. Obviously the whole country voted for the restoration of the crown.
Driven by ambition and his Charlotte, Maximilian accepted the crown.
During a quick visit to Emperor Miramare of Austria, the younger brother waive any claim of succession to the Habsburg crown, and April 10, 1864 accepted the position of Emperor of Mexico in front of a new Mexican delegation.
Four days after the royal couple leaves Miramare on board the frigate "Novara"
to arrive in the new kingdom on May 28.
The new king put in place, with enthusiasm, its reform in an attempt to create an independent and liberal. Some of his reforms disappointed the old landowners and are unprepared for the people who was the beneficiary. The United States, who did not accept European interference closer to home, they press on Napoleon III to withdraw military support and funding while the Republican troops of Benito Juarez adverse Austrian ruler.
alone and isolated, Maxine feels that the situation is falling, try the last card by sending a diplomatic mission Carlotta between the sovereigns of Europe in an attempt to get help. The mission proves to be a bitter failure: Vienna, Paris and the Vatican deny any support. Carlotta helpless and hopeless in the face of events, began to show symptoms of a mental illness that leads her to die in 1927 in Castle Bouchout in Belgium without her husband to see again.
For Massmiliano instead are the days of defeat. It besieged and imprisoned by the Republican troops May 15, 1867. Trial, is sentenced to be shot. Unnecessary attempts of European diplomacy to avoid the sentence.
On June 19, 1867 Maximilian of Habsburg died before a firing squad three years after it landed at Vera Cruz.
Most vivid was the impression to Trieste in the city when news came of the tragic end.
Miramare Castle will be completed four years after the death of its owner, and his will, is open to the public.
This tragic and romantic history has left in Trieste, one of the most beautiful castles and parks of Europe.
On June 2, 1955 the Castle became the State Museum under the Superintendence for the Environmental, Architectural, Artistic and History of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
After the Second World War, when the building was used as headquarters by the Allied occupation troops before and after, the rooms have been reassembled with the original furnishings, basing the work on prints and lithographs of the period in order to make the Castle to comply with the projects of its former owner.
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