Known as the "Little Vienna by the Sea," Trieste is the most important seaport of the Northern Adriatic, and the capoluogo (capital) of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia. Although the ancient port-town of Tergeste was incorporated into the Roman dominion already in the 2nd C. BC, its real prosperity came in the 18th C., only after it became the "Free Port" of the Austrian Hapsburg Empire. 
In addition to the ancient Roman ruins, which include the theater, the forum, and an Augustan Triumphal Arch, Trieste boasts the venerable Cattedrale di San Giusto (5th C.), a Venetian castle (14th C.), the Hapsburg castle of the Emperor Maximilian, Miramare, (19th C.), a pleasant Old Town complete with Italy's largest piazza, and numerous museums, including Italy's only WW II concentration camp. With Roman ruins, Paleo-Christian churches and a medieval castle amidst 18th century Hapsburg palazzi and Slavic Eastern Orthodox churches, it is not difficult to see why James Joyce and other well known writers in his day made Trieste their adopted home town. The excursion includes transportation, lunch, a guided tour, entry to the two castles and a possible side trip to the ancient Venetian coastal fortress-town Muggia. A long-time faithful ally of Venice, Muggia is now a charming fishing-port and retains its Venetian atmosphere in its medieval architecture which includes a 9th C. Byzantine-style basilica, a 13th C. Duomo, a castle and several large palazzi.
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