Concert halls Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Imagine an old gas station restored as a cultural centre and a place to have a drink after dark. The Stazione Rogers, a building now owned by the municipality of Trieste, looks like an artistic wasteland. You can visit an exhibition, read, surf the net, attend project presentations... Typical local products are also on offer and in the evenings, young people meet there to sip a Spritz. Tyres are used as table supports, the seat pallets, all painted in red and white.

The lyric theater of Trieste is famous throughout Europe for its international operetta festival. Located near Piazza Unità d'Italia, it was built between 1798 and 1801 to a design by Gian Antonio Selva, the architect of La Fenice in Venice. The facades overlooking the Gulf of Trieste and Piazza Verdi were designed by Matteo Pertsch, himself a student of the architect of La Scala in Milan. All the greatest operas have been performed there (by Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, Wagner, Strauss...). It offers a rich and varied program.