Timavo - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

The Duino Castle is located in the municipality of Duino-Aurisina, in the province of Trieste. Owned for over 420 years by the Della Torre family, branch Della Torre di Valsassina first and then by the Dukes of Torre and Tasso. Since 2003 it has been - together with its park - open to the public. From the manor, you can enjoy a vast panorama of the steep rocky walls overlooking the sea. In the park, there is a bunker used during the Second World War.

The regional nature reserve of the Isonzo mouth is a protected natural area of Friuli-Venezia Giulia established in 1996. The reserve, which occupies an area of ​​2,338 hectares on land plus 1,154 hectares in water, protects the lagoon area at the mouth of the Isonzo river in the province of Gorizia. The mouth of the Isonzo, as well as the totality of the marshy wetlands of the lower Friuli area, were completely eliminated, only in 1976 did they begin to think about possible restoration.

The Rilke path is a scenic walk that runs alongside the Duino Cliffs Nature Reserve. The Rilke path connects the localities of Duino and Sistiana, both in the municipality of Duino-Aurisina, in the province of Trieste, and is named after Rainer Maria Rilke. The Prague poet found inspiration there for his Duino Elegies at the time he lived, in the early twentieth century , as a guest of the castle of the princes Thurn und Taxis.

Sistiana is a fraction of the scattered municipality of Duino-Aurisina, in the Julian Inter-municipal Territorial Union. It develops on the north-west/south-east route, along the Strada Statale 14 Della Venezia Giulia, about 70 m above sea level. An important road junction for the province, it is also a well-equipped tourist center. The name is derived from the Latin Sextilianum, which may represent the first Roman settlement in the region of Trieste. A Roman villa has been discovered nearby, an

The military shrine of Redipuglia is a monumental military cemetery located in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in Redipuglia. It was built in the Fascist era. Inaugurated by the Duce, Mussolini, on 18 September 1938. It contains the remains of over 100,000 Italian soldiers who died during the First World War. It is the fulcrum of a commemorative park of over 100 hectares which includes a part of the Gorizia - Monfalconese Karst with the enormous size of the area involved that make it the largest militar

The Valle Cavanata nature reserve is a protected natural area located in the municipality of Grado, in the province of Gorizia. It is located in Fossalon and is spread over 341 hectares, of which 67 by the sea. Established in 1996, it is part of the regional nature reserves of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is a former fishing valley that has been abandoned for many decades and has therefore taken on the appearance of a typical lagoon area. It is protected as a "Ramsar" area.