Canal Grande,
Piazza della Borsa
- Canal Grande, Piazza del Ponte Rosso, Piazza Sant'Antonio Nucvo, Church of Sant Antonio Nuovo, Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Spyridon, Borgo Teresiano
Canal Grande is a canal in the city center with beautiful buildings, open-air restaurants, squares and churches. It is not as large as its namne in Venezia. Along the canal is the Borgo Teresiano neighbourhood with Piazza Sant'Antonio Nuovo with the neo-classic Church of Sant'Antonio Nuovo, the city's largest catholic church, built 1827-1842 and Piazza del Ponte Rosso (Red Point Square) with the Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Spyridon (Chiesa di San Spiridione), is very beautiful inside and blue cupolas. It was built 1861-1868. Via Roma, Via Trento and Via Fabio Filzi all pass Canal Grande, and fancy fashion stores can be found in the surroundings.
Piazza della Borsa (Stock Exchange Square) is a large square were the beautiful neo-classic palace Palazzo della Camera di Commercio, that houses the Trieste Commodity Exchange is. During our visit pink wolf sculptures were placed in front of it. The Fountain of Neptune and the Leopold I statue and the Tergesteo Palace are also on the square. Corso Italia, one of the main roads in central Trieste, goes from here.
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