Castello di Miramare

Castle Trieste, Italy

Miramare Castle is a 19th-century castle on the Gulf of Trieste near Trieste, northeastern Italy. It was built from 1856 to 1860 for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte of Belgium, later Emperor Maximilian I and Empress Carlota of Mexico, based on a design by Carl Junker. The name "Miramare" resulting from spanish, means "see the sea", because while the archduke was visiting the headland, he was insipired by the memories of spanish castles faced to the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and the castle became his residence.