page_title: Miramare Castle
section_title: Miramare Castle’s stables
hierarchical_section_title: Miramare Castle / History / Miramare Castle’s stables
caption_attribution_description: Miramar castle near Trieste, Italy
context_page_description: Miramare Castle is a 19th-century castle direct on the Gulf of Trieste between Barcola and Grignano near Trieste, northeastern Italy. It was built from 1856 to 1860 for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte of Belgium, later Emperor Maximilian I and Empress Carlota of Mexico, based on a design by Carl Junker.
  The castle's grounds include an extensive cliff and seashore park of 22 hectares designed by the archduke. The grounds were completely re-landscaped to feature numerous tropical species of trees and plants.
context_section_description: Maximilian commissioned the plan for Miramare Castle’s stables, the design of which was undertaken between 1856 and 1860 by the architect Carl Junker. He had already planned all the works to be done in the area of Miramare: the castle, the park and all its access  paths, the Castelletto, the Porticciolo ('little port'), the conservatories, the Swiss house and the pavilion at the back of the parterre.
  Junker’s sketches set out the planning of the stable’s building, both in its totality and in each part devoted to a specific use.
  The building is made up of three parts surrounding a central yard opened to the sea. It is located on the road leading to Trieste, in a sheltered, healthy place at a distance from the castle. It is 40 metres (131 ft) square. The central section was intended for horses: Junker’s sketches including the location of the animal stalls, lining the bottom perimeter. The two wings, perfectly symmetrical, are sub-divided into three parts: near the stables box-rooms for harness; then accommodations for the staff and, finally, the kitchens, near the sea. The great pavilion at the back was reserved for coaches. Its access on the west side is made up of two main doors (one probably the entrance, the other the exit).
  Between the two World Wars, when the castle was inhabited by the Dukes of Aosta, changes were made to the stables.
caption: Miramar castle near Trieste, Italy.
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