A ghost wanders through the castle in Trieste Johann Strauss, Mark Twain and the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilkeamong other things, delights the thousands of tourists who visit it.
Duino Castle 14th century fortress Located in Duino, near Trieste, it is chosen by thousands of tourists who want to know the stories of the white ladythe ghost that has been wandering around the villa for a long time.
Personalities such as Johann Strauss and Eleonora Duse, Paul Valery and Mark Twain slept in the rooms of the castle overlooking the sea of the Gulf of Trieste. Also the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, who, according to stories, broke away from his walls He called on the angels.
The castle, the construction of which began in the year 1389 at a Roman military post that celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023.
Under the castle walls, on the cliff you can see a large white stonereminiscent of a female figure wrapped in a cloak.
It is said that an evil knight and his wife, a woman with a pure heart, once lived in Duino Castle. Their marriage was not happy. Her husband insulted his wife every day with words and gestures, and she endured it in silence out of love.
One day, determined to end the marriage, the man took the woman to the cliff and pushed her into the sea. The woman let out a shocked sound just before she was swallowed by the sea heartbreaking scream.
A scream and then silence: she was petrified in her pain. Before it reached the water it had become one big white stone still visible on the cliff of Duino Castle. AND his ghost (which was even photographed) He’s still wandering around the castle.
The castle’s owner, Prince Tasso, and many visitors claim to have done this noticed his presence.
“I noticed it several times. The first time, when I was a child, maybe 10 years old, I felt a presence walking in circles in my room. Then on other occasions I heard footsteps and noises, as if someone was coming towards me”says the prince, who claims not to be afraid
“I think it’s a good spirit. Many were scared when they noticed a presence and didn’t see anyone,” he adds. “He’s never hurt anyone.”
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