AUSTRIA 



Miramar 



THE VISITOR Miramar will always 

 have not only the attraction of its fine 

 position but also the prestige of its romantic 

 memories." The palace stands five miles north 

 of Trieste, that beautiful city on the shores of 

 the Adriatic. 



In 1856 the young Archduke Maximilian, 

 Admiral of the Austrian fleet, was living at 

 Trieste. He was an enthusiastic traveller, an 

 author, and a botanist ; also a lover ot adven- 

 ture, and of storm-wind and tossing sea. One 

 wild day his small boat capsized near Cape 

 Grignano. He managed to get ashore, and then 

 found himself to his surprise in so charming 

 a spot, with so fine a view and so gentle and 

 sun-warmed a breeze, that he at once resolved to 

 build a villa exactly there, with a garden in 

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