Maximilian, a young Austrian prince of the house of Hapsburg, somewhat naively accepted the offer to rule a distant and ...

Just 15 minutes north of Trieste and minutes from Slovenia, it was built in the mid-19th century as a home for Archduke Maximilian of Austria, the brother of Emperor Franz Joseph. What makes Miramare ...

The new Emperor will, of course, seek to gratify and amuse his subjects, and thus render his capital another Paris in attractiveness and display.