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Things to see in Aquileia

Every monument worth your time in Aquileia, photographed, described, and matched to its tours.

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The monuments

All the monuments in Aquileia

The landmarks and masterpieces worth planning a day around.

The patriarchal basilica of Aquileia beside its freestanding campanileBasilica di Santa Maria Assunta di AquileiaBasilica of AquileiaLargest early Christian mosaic floor, fourth-century carpet of images, crypt frescoes, patriarchal seatThe Basilica of Aquileia has early-Christian roots immediately after 313 CE and preserves the mosaic floor of the Theodorian church of the early fourth century. Its present form records ninth-century, eleventh-century and later Romanesque-Gothic phases. It is a distinct religious component within the wider UNESCO property Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia, not a separately inscribed site.Plan the visit
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Monuments a day trip away, elsewhere in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

  1. Miramare's white castle on its promontory garden over the Gulf of TriesteTriesteMiramare CastleMaximilian's white castle on the gulf, original interiors, clifftop park, doomed emperor's dream
  2. The great stalagmite in the single vast chamber of the Grotta GiganteTriesteHidden GemGrotta GiganteSingle chamber 98 meters high, world-record show cave, geodetic pendulums, Karst underworld
  3. Piazza Unita d'Italia open to the dawn, Trieste's salon by the seaTriestePiazza Unita d'ItaliaSea-facing grand square, Habsburg palaces, evening blue hour, caffe tradition at its edge
  4. Duino Castle — Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, ItalyGoriziaHidden GemDuino CastleA 14th-century clifftop castle (begun 1389, with 11th-century ruins on the grounds) open to the public as a museum and park, famous as the place where Rainer Maria Rilke began his Duino Elegies in 1912.
  5. The stucco saints of the Tempietto Longobardo above its frescoed arch, CividaleCividale del FriuliUNESCOLombard TempleEighth-century stucco procession, Lombard masterwork, Natisone gorge setting, carved vine portal
  6. The castle of Udine on its green hill above the townUdineUdine CastleHilltop above Venetian loggias, civic museums, Tiepolo galleries, Alps-to-sea view
  7. Carsiana Botanical Garden — Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, ItalyTriesteHidden GemCarsiana Botanical GardenA 6,000 m² botanical garden dedicated to native Carso (karst) flora, holding about 600 of the roughly 1,600 species of the local limestone environment, open April to mid-October.
  8. Duino Mithraeum — Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, ItalyGoriziaHidden GemDuino MithraeumA rare Roman mithraeum set inside a natural cave near Duino, preserving a tauroctony plaque and limestone altar, with finds including some 400 coins, visitable through the Archaeological Superintendency.
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