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Hello, friends. We continue and complete the selection of interesting historical sights of the city of Trieste.
Now let's focus mainly on the buildings from the old part of Trieste, since there are a lot of them and they have been preserved almost perfectly. Well, in some places we will compare them with historical photos. As mentioned earlier, if any detail of the building is missing, then there is the very case when this detail kept secrets. For Europe, this is more than relevant, since here no details just disappear from the buildings and are not destroyed - the buildings and structures here are watched more than responsibly. Even abandoned buildings (there are some) have been repaired on the outside so that the fact of abandonment can only be determined by looking at the windows. So, let's start with the station.
This is his view at the beginning of the 20th century. Actually, the station has hardly changed now.
Let's take a look at these photos and find the differences. Of course, it is immediately clear that the power plant in the form of a lattice with spiers has disappeared from the roof. The rest of the elements are well preserved. If there was a communist government in Trieste, as in Yugoslavia (it is very close to it there and Trieste did not get there by chance after the war), then the station roof would be guaranteed to be bare now. Well, since this did not happen, they carefully limited themselves to dismantling the grate. Well, the contents of the vases were probably cleaned up. Quite reasonable. Let's go further and see the buildings near the station.
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This is an administrative building, which in general is so today. Only in the old form on the house are some spiers and strange pipes. In general, there is nothing surprising, these are also types of power plants. Let's see what is here now.
As you can see, everything disappeared here too. Some kind of power to destroy the power plants on the rooftops worked here too. We look at the neighboring building.
Well, this is a little better. The system is almost in its original form, it is bad that there was no old photo of this house. Increase it slightly.
In general, the dismantling was approached more humanely than on the previous building - they cleaned out the contents of the basins. By the way, every second houses with such roofs in Trieste. And there is not a single power plant repetitive in design, they all differ in some way. But let's go further.
On the right is the Church of St. Spyridon, built (officially) at the end of the 19th century. The channel at this place is no longer there. If you come closer to the church, you can see something familiar in … Russian.
Against my will, Ilyich comes to mind again with the slogan of turning the First World War (Patriotic War?) Into a Civil War. Who owned Trieste in the 19th century? If Warsaw, because of such churches, was rolled into the Second World War to zero in order to erase the memory of the Empire, then why did this not happen here? Very strange. However, let's continue.
This is the main square of Trieste with the palace. Once the canal reached even here, but it was also filled up, and one of the first and even before the 20th century. Not surprisingly, waterways have ceased to be the main communication routes, and in the conditions of urban development they only began to interfere. In fact, the building of the palace has not changed at all, except that the lanterns and other structures in front of it have disappeared.
Quite a beautiful palace, but its tower immediately attracts attention.
Something is wrong here. Let's enlarge the statues and the bell.
It is immediately evident that the bell is not fixed in a very standard way. But the bell is not a sham; it once rung. If you look closely at the statues, they are not at all adapted to ringing a bell, and in general they stand for beauty. And sorry, what key and where to start them so that they work, if there is a mechanic inside them? Very strange. And again, if the statues were not involved in the beating of the bell, then where and how did the sexton strike the bell? Not that there are sites, there are not even traces of them close. What's the secret?
The secret is again, as always, simple and lies on the surface. It is again betrayed by the same hook, which stands above the bell on incomprehensible balls. This is the case when the bell was driven by an electric field and released acoustic waves. How they were called then (oil, goodness, etc.) is not important, what is important is that with the disappearance of such technology, man invented the bell language and began to use the bell in a different way. And he began to sound differently. And in this case, apparently, they decided not to dismantle this bell, and in order not to mislead the people, they erected sculptures of bell ringers. I wonder what scope they needed to sound the bell more or less tangibly? Probably, if they had it, then in a month they would have flown out of there due to the bending of the mountings. And to knock on such a bell with a slight tremor, as in the old buzzer, is not serious. Alas. But let's move on. In many old buildings, the ground floors are occupied by shops, and from the primordial times. No wonder the city grew and developed thanks to trade. The question is rather different, namely how the lighting was organized in such shops. Many shops went into basements, where it was dark, and the use of fire in such cases is very impractical and unsafe. But even in these cases, the merchants knew how to use electric lighting, moreover, independent from the building's power systems. Traces from these installations are still alive today.where it is dark, and the use of fire in such cases is very impractical and unsafe. But even in these cases, the merchants knew how to use electric lighting, moreover, autonomous from the building's power systems. Traces from these installations are still alive today.where it is dark, and the use of fire in such cases is very impractical and unsafe. But even in these cases, the merchants knew how to use electric lighting, moreover, autonomous from the building's power systems. Traces from these installations are still alive today.
If you look closely, the parts necessary for the operation of power plants are made of metal. Obviously, metal was expensive in the old days, and wood was used for non-electrical enclosing structures. If the merchant had the means, he could also afford stone (geopolymer?) Structures instead of wood. Interestingly, is there anything similar somewhere in St. Petersburg (for example)?
If you look at the capital of the column close,
it can be seen that traces of metal are still preserved on it. Electroplating, apparently, was invented long before its official opening.
And this is Giuseppe Verdi Square, which is now called quite differently. Pay attention to the street cafe lights. And see what this place looks like now.
All in all, Trieste is a very interesting city. As they say, come and see, you will not waste money and time in vain.
Until next time.