The Miramare estate
This is a stunning castle with surrounding estate close to the northern Italian city of Trieste , close to border with Slovenia .
The Miramare Castle is a stunning Carl Junker designed 19th century castle near the northeastern Italian city of Trieste and 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.