Trieste, Miramare Castle

15 September 2022 – 30th June 2024
The library of Miramare Castle reveals for the first time its treasure chest of books on botany, flowers, plants, and gardens. The rich book collection, steeped in the spirit of the nineteenth century, is reflected in the living gardens surrounding the castle.
A creation at once natural, artificial and artistic, the garden of Archduke Maximilian Ferdinand of Habsburg and his wife Charlotte of Belgium embodies an ideal of perfection, beauty and relationship with nature.
The botanical library is a garden on paper that guides along a path of dreams and meditations born in a cultivated, aristocratic salon of the nineteenth century.
The exhibition is curated by Andreina Contessa, director of the Museo storico e il Parco del Castello di Miramare.
The visit is included in the regular ticket to visit the Museum.

Download the brochure for the exhibition ARS BOTANICA. Paper Gardens