Sandrinelli Tunnel excavations from Piazza Sansovino, c. 1906

Historic photo of Trieste, circa 1906: the excavations for the Galleria Sandrinelli (Sandrinelli Tunnel) seen from what would become Piazza Sansovino. In the foreground, horse-drawn carts and work barrows score the muddy ground. At the rear, the tunnel mouth frames groups of workers amid timber supports and piles of earth. A vivid glimpse of early 20th-century construction and a cityscape in transformation.