Demolition between Via di Rena and Via Riborgo revealing Santa Maria Maggiore (1939)

Trieste, 1939: the demolition of the houses between Via di Rena and Via Riborgo reveals the Baroque façade of Santa Maria Maggiore. Behind the wooden site fence, flaking walls and empty windows mark the work in progress. On the right stand the small church of San Silvestro and Casa Kupferschein. Passers-by watch the scene in this historic photo of Trieste’s city center.