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Miramare Castle today

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Miramare Castle

Miramare Castle is a mid-19th-century seaside castle on a rocky promontory overlooking the Gulf of Trieste, built for Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife. Designed by Carl Junker and completed in 1860, the complex includes the main house, a smaller Castelletto, extensive landscaped park, stables and a little port; the castle interior preserves original mid-19th-century furnishings and decorative schemes.

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First raised

1860

Its prime

1860

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1860

The shape it held in its prime.

Large pale limestone three-storey residence with a crenellated, castellated roofline and short squared corner turrets; façades pierced by tall narrow arched windows, grouped twin and triple openings, and a central arched entrance loggia. A projecting taller bay with a tall narrow window rises above a balconied window group. The castle stands on a rocky seaward promontory with a formal parterre and stone balustrade terrace facing the Adriatic; flat roofs and decorative parapets complete the silhouette in its finished state.

Step inside

13 places to explore in 1860.

The record describes 13 distinct spots at Miramare Castle — including 9 interiors: archduke's bedroom (ground floor), archduke's office (stern wardroom), library and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Seafront approach and forecourtMain entrance loggiaArchduke's bedroom (ground floor)Archduke's office (stern wardroom)LibraryArchduchess's roomsThrone Room and reception salons (first floor)Chinese and Japanese drawing-roomsRoom decorated with Cesare Dell'Acqua paintingsCastle chapelThe Castelletto (garden house)Park promontory, paths and exotic treesStables and coach yard

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See Miramare Castle with the fires lit.

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