PLACE REPRESENTED: Trieste , Italy

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: An elaborate (as you would expect from the Italians) wall ornament depicting Miramare castle 8 km north-west of Trieste (or Trst as it is known to Croatians, well, it was an Illyrian settlement a long, long time ago). Castello di Miramare (or the Castle of Miramare), located about 8 km north-west of Trieste, with a commanding presence over the Gulf of Trieste, is a majestic castle (with a surrounding park, the Park of Miramare) built from 1856 to 1860 for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte (the Austrian Habsburgs controlled the early 1500s until after World War 1). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miramare_Castle 

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: steel , ceramic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 29cm diameter