Piazza Grande (today Piazza Unità d'Italia), late 19th century

Historic photo of Piazza Grande, today Piazza Unità d'Italia, in Trieste. In the foreground are the two large gas lamps that once lit the square and a statue-topped column; at the center stand the monumental fountain and a small kiosk. People cross the wide paving by 19th-century buildings. In the background, the garden that separated the square from the sea, with trees and the masts of ships beyond. A panoramic urban view from the late 1800s.