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(Via del Trionfo)
The Arco di Riccardo is an early Roman remnant, one of the old town gate-
ways, dating from 33 BC, and looks over a pretty residental square. The gate is named for
the English King Richard, who was supposed to have passed through en route from the
Crusades.
Roman Theatre
(Via del Teatro Romano)
Behind Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia rise remains of the Roman theatre,
which was built between the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Concerts are held here occasion-
ally during summer.
ROMAN SITE
MUSEUM
Museo Revoltella
( 040 675 43 50;
www.museorevoltella.it
; Via Diaz 27; adult/reduced €7/5; 10am-7pm Wed-Mon)
This city museum was founded in 1872 and now spills into two neighbouring buildings.
Baron Revoltella's original mid-19th-century house throbs with conspicuous consump-
tion; his cup runneth over with chandeliers, ornate gilded plasterwork and flamboyant silk
wallpaper. The modern Palazzo Brunner has an interesting collection of 19th- and 20th-
century works by Triestine artists, including some arresting early-20th-century portraiture
and busts. There's also a pretty rooftop cafe and good bookshop.
Civico Museo Sartorio
( 040 30 14 79; Largo Papa Giovanni XXIII 1; adult/child €6/3; 9am-6pm Tue-Sun)
Another sig-
nificant city villa, stuffed with art, ceramics and jewellery, and featuring beautiful ceiling
frescoes - some dating to the late 18th century - and a basement Roman mosaic. Don't
miss the room of superb
Tiepolo drawings
, virtuosic and intimate in turns, or the
Triptych of
Santa Chiara
, an exquisitely detailed, extremely intimate wooden altarpiece from the 14th
century.
MUSEUM
Civico Museo di Storia ed Arte
ed Orto Lapidario
MUSEUM
(History & Art Museum & Stone Garden; 040 31 05 00; Piazza della Cattedrale 1; adult/reduced €5/3;
9am-7pm Tue-Sun summer, to 1pm winter)
This creaky old museum houses Roman antiquit-
