Archive for the tag 'Vacation'
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Trieste – Last Glimpse
13 Comments CherryPie on Jan 5th 2016
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The Serbian-Orthodox Church of Saint Spyridion
The church was inspired by the Byzantine tradition and built on the plan of a Greek cross, surmounted by a light-blue coloured dome and four smaller domes in the corners. The exterior is decorated with mosaics, alternated with marble and coloured stone.
The interior is characterized by frescoes and precious paintings, together with a solid wood [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 4th 2016
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Roman Theatre – Trieste
In the Roman era, the coast line lay at the foot of the hill and has withdrawn over the centuries. The theatre therefore once stood near the sea front and was built exploiting the hill slope for the terraces, divided into four sectors by radial stairways. The site was restored to its current state at [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 29th 2015
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Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste and throughout history it has been influenced by its [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 28th 2015
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The Monastery Church of St Anna
Until the Second World War, this was one of the richest sacral buildings far and wide. It had a rich library and a collection of paintings by famous masters like Benedetto Carpaccio, Girolamo Santacroce, Vivarini and Palma Jr., which were displayed in the monastery church. In the presbytery, there was a big renaissance triptych [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2015
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Loggia Palace – Koper
The Loggia Palace is a Venetian Gothic palace, the only preserved Gothic town hall in Slovenia.
The earliest part of the existing building dates from 1462, when building work began on a replacement for an earlier Loggia that had stood in the same position on the north side of the main square of Koper, opposite the Praetorian [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 18th 2015
The Cathedral stands in the nucleus of Koper and dominates the area between the east side of the main square, Tito Square (Titov trg), and Brolo Square (trg Brollo). The three-nave Romanesque space with three apses was built in the second half of the 12th century. The Romanesque construction is especially preserved on the south [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 17th 2015
