La Rocca
Built around 490 AD from Teodorico, La Rocca, symbol of the city of Monfalcone, owes its name to the term "Verruca", then contracted into "fortress".
Over the centuries the fortification passed under the dominion of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, of the County of Gorizia and of the Republic of Venice. However, it lost its defensive function around 1600, becoming only a lookout point on the eastern borders of the Republic, until its fall, at the end of the 1700s, by Napoleon. artifacts found in the many surrounding karst cavities.
Theme park of the Great War
You can easily light up the fortified sites enhanced by the Municipality of Monfalcone on the heights behind…
You can easily light up the fortified sites enhanced by the Municipality of Monfalcone on the heights behind the city, where it is structured on three main areas allowing you to visit them separately and choose the itinerary.
Contemporary Art Gallery
The Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art of Monfalcone, inaugurated in 2002 as a result of the restoration of the old covered market, represents one of the largest exhibition spaces dedicated to contemporary art in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.
The main objective of the Gallery is to support and promote research on contemporary visual arts, promoting knowledge even among non-specialized audiences. The Gallery organizes reviews on established artists from the international and local scene and, in order to offer space to new generations, promotes initiatives dedicated to emerging artists and young curators.
