1. The roman theatre

2. ● Trieste or Tergeste, which probably dates back to the protohistoric
period, was enclosed by walls built in 33-32 BC upon Emperor
Octavius's orders.
● The Roman theatre lies at the foot of the San Giusto hill, facing
the sea. The construction partially exploits the gentle slope of the
hill.
● The theatre (1st to 2nd century AD.) could accommodate up to
3,500 spectators, and was built almost entirely of masonry,
except for the stage, which was made of wood.
● The ornamental statues and plaques that decorated the
theatre are now at the Orto Lapidario (Civic Museum of
History and Art)

3. The Arch of Richard

4. ● Arch of Riccardo (33 BC). It is an Augustan gate
built in the Roman walls in 33. It stands in Piazzetta
Barbacan, in the narrow streets of the old town.
● Various origins have been attributed to the name Riccardo.
Some recall legendary events like the passage of
Charlemagne or Richard the Lionheart into this
city, while other, perhaps more reliable, sources suggest a
derivation of the term "Cardo", the Latin name of one of
the two main axes around which Roman towns were built,
the other being the Decumanus.

5. ● The first religious edifice on the site was built in the 6th
century on some Roman Propylaea using part of the
existing structure.
● Between the 9th and 11th centuries, two basilicas were
erected on the ruins of the old church.
● The cathedral is dominated by a delicately worked Gothic
rose window, as ornate as the new bell tower, using the
Romanesque debris stones found on the site and friezes of
arms

6. San Giusto Cathedral

7. ● In the cathedral are the apsidal mosaics depicting Our
Lady of the Assumption and Saint Just, laid by master
craftsmen from Veneto in the 12th-13th centuries. The
small 14th-century church of San Giovanni (Saint
John), the old baptistry) on the left and San Michele al
Carnale on the right, by the entrance to the museum,
complete a fine medieval churchyard.

8. San Giusto CastleSan Giusto Castle

9. ● In the prehistoric age on the hill of San Giusto there was
a castelliere (fortified borough), which in the Roman age
became an important urban centre. The fortress, built by
the Venetians in the Middle Ages, was pulled down in the
14th century by will of the Patriarch of Aquileia and, in
1470 only, it was rebuilt by Friedrich II of Habsburg;
the square tower and the two-storey building, which today
houses the Castle Museum, date back to this period.

10. ● In the prehistoric age on the hill of San Giusto there was
a castelliere (fortified borough), which in the Roman age
became an important urban centre. The fortress, built by
the Venetians in the Middle Ages, was pulled down in the
14th century by will of the Patriarch of Aquileia and, in
1470 only, it was rebuilt by Friedrich II of Habsburg;
the square tower and the two-storey building, which today
houses the Castle Museum, date back to this period.