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Risorgimento Museum and Oberdan Memorial

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Infos

tel. +39 040 675 40 68 - +39 040 361 675
museorisorgimento@comune.trieste.it
museodelrisorgimentotrieste.it

Address

Risorgimento Museum and Oberdan Memorial
piazza Oberdan - via XXIV Maggio, 4

Details

free admission
opening hours on the museum website

The Museum of the Risorgimento is located on the first floor of the building that also hosts the Casa del Combattente (Home of the Fighter) in the remaining floors.

The building has substituted the imposing Austrian barracks of the 18th century, where Guglielmo Oberdan (Trieste 1858 – 1882) was executed on 20th December 1882 being accused of high treason and of making an attempt on Emperor Franz Josef’s life.

In the Memorial – built together with the Museum – the statue by Attilio Selva (Trieste 1888 – Rome 1970) and the original cell where Oberdan was imprisoned before the execution remind the character and killing of the martyr from Trieste.

The Museum collections include documents, pictures, uniforms, artworks and objects that relate to the period, known as Risorgimento, that begun with the revolutionary uprisings of 1848 and lasted until the end of World War I, when Trieste became part of Italy again. 

The museum grew initially around the legacy of the writer and patriot Filippo Zamboni. The majority of exhibited and stored items were acquired through private donations and include the documents, uniforms and belongings of Scipio Slataper (b. Trieste 1888, d. Monte Podgora 1915), the brothers Giani and Carlo Stuparich (b. Trieste 189, d. Rome 1961; b. Trieste-Monte 1894, d. Cengio 1916) and Nazario Sauro (b. Koper 1880, d. Pola 1916). 

The large central hall, dedicated to volunteers from Friuli and Dalmatia, contains impressive frescoes by Carlo Sbisà (b. Trieste 1899, d. Trieste 1964), and there is a magnificent picture by Carlo Wostry (b. Trieste 1865, d. Trieste 1943), "Trieste XXX October 1918", on display in the room commemorating the Redemption of Trieste.

The museum grew initially around the legacy of the writer and patriot Filippo Zamboni. The majority of exhibited and stored items were acquired through private donations and include the documents, uniforms and belongings of Scipio Slataper (b. Trieste 1888, d. Monte Podgora 1915), the brothers Giani and Carlo Stuparich (b. Trieste 189, d. Rome 1961; b. Trieste-Monte 1894, d. Cengio 1916) and Nazario Sauro (b. Koper 1880, d. Pola 1916). 

The large central hall, dedicated to volunteers from Friuli and Dalmatia, contains impressive frescoes by Carlo Sbisà (b. Trieste 1899, d. Trieste 1964), and there is a magnificent picture by Carlo Wostry (b. Trieste 1865, d. Trieste 1943), "Trieste XXX October 1918", on display in the room commemorating the Redemption of Trieste.

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