Italy · 15th century
The Civico museo del Castello di San Giusto (German Kastell von San Giusto) is the medieval castle and fortress in the northern Italian city of Trieste. Besides the Cathedral of San Giusto it is one of the landmarks of Trieste. With its construction period of almost 200 years (1471 to 1630), the castle is a testimony to the change and development of building technique in buildings with a military function.
Machine-translated from “Castello di San Giusto” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Civico museo del Castello di San Giusto ranks #2,436 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #186 of the 555 mapped in Italy. Founded 1471, it is older than 45% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,260 times in the last 60 days, more than 72% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 150,000 visitors in 2025. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Rijeka, 62 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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