Miramare Castle

Miramare Castle (Italian: Castello di Miramare; Slovene: Grad Miramar; German: Schloss Miramar; Spanish: Castillo de Miramar) is a 19th-century castle direct on the Gulf of Trieste between Barcola and Grignano in 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 of Mexico and Empress Carlota of Mexico, based on a design by Carl Junker.

The castle's grounds include an extensive cliff and seashore park of 22 hectares (54 acres) designed by the archduke. The grounds were completely re-landscaped to feature numerous tropical species of trees and plants.

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Miramare Castle ranks #100 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #10 of the 452 mapped in Italy. Founded 1860, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 37,074 times in the last 60 days, more than 99% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 250,000 visitors in 2022. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Udine, 55 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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