Piazza Oberdan with the Caserma Grande and Palazzo Vianello

A wide view of Piazza Guglielmo Oberdan, animated by passing trams and horse-drawn carriages. In the background rise the Palazzo Vianello, with its distinctive spires, and the mass of the Caserma Grande, still intact here before its demolition. At the centre of the square stands the pavilion of the fountain. The postcard documents one of the liveliest urban junctions of early twentieth-century Trieste, before the profound transformations that reshaped its face.