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The Castle located in a marvelous panoramic position on a rock foreland, is surrounded by a garden in Italian style, rich of rare essences.

 The biological characteristic of the cost, surrounding the foreland may be unique in the Mediterranean sea, it's a Natural Marine Reserve administered by WWF.

 "Miramare: The Italian Park lies with a geometrical order on the promontory, especially levelled; the castle is bleached on the sea, of the stones of Istria in which it has been built; in the park, on the background of the slope of Carso, beyond the regional perfume, the limes of Libano, sequoias arriving from overseas, Chinese glycerines", wrote Archduke Maximilian of Asburg, the youngest brother of Francesco Giuseppe, when at eighteen went through the city to embark on a cruise in 1850.

The park rose at the same time to the castle and the jobs came are executed before under the direction of the giardinieri of court Laube and Yelinek. This work, that it transformed in knot carsico spur in a charming oasis of green, is, without doubt, the thing better than the young archduke it has left us because perfect it is the harmony between the expression of the nature and the human labor.

The park is today, for its extension and the variety of the plants, one of beautifulst, the northern Mediterranean. The Triestine, than already to the age in which he inhabited Massimiliano had you free access, was some and they are some fairs.

The extensive park (22 hectares) is located on the seashore and was designed by the Archduke. The cliff it was built on, which had no vegetation whatsoever at the time, was cultivated with numerous tropical species of trees and plants.

The favorite diversion of Maximilian was botany and he designed the house and gardens for the sensual pleasure of his young bride.

Strolling from the castle, you wander through cypress and palm trees that give way to dense woods and formal Italian arrangements. Planted with romance in mind, the garden is replete with alcoves of shrubbery for privacy. You’ll happen upon several smooching couples.

The park offers the public a chance for an interesting stroll among botanical species and an important collection of sculptures dotted along its numerous paths.

A visit should also be paid to the Stables, a building which was recently restored and is now used for temporary exhibitions; the Old Greenhouses and the Little Castle, with its original decoration on the first floor, are also well worth a visit.

Features of particular attraction in the gardens include two ponds, one noted for its swans and the other for lotus flowers, the Castle annexe (“Castelletto”), a nearby a bronze statue of Maximilian, and a small chapel in which is kept a cross made from the remains of the “Novara”, the flagship on which Maximilian, brother of Emperor Franz Josef, set sail to become Emperor of Mexico.

The park includes several botanical species and an important collection of sculptures dotted along its numerous paths. Also noteworthy are the Stables, a building which was recently restored and is now used for temporary exhibitions, as well as the Old Greenhouses and the Little Castle, with its original decoration on the first floor.

The Parc is Free Entrance.