Statua di James Joyce
Statua di James Joyce
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The great Irish writer, James Joyce (1882), spent a number of years, on and off between 1904 and 1915, as an English teacher in Trieste. The city was then part of Austrian-Hungaryian empire. The statue is located in the exuberant beautiful park of Giardino Tommasini. Inside there are busts of famous characters; Joyce bust bears the inscription, Trieste a James Joyce “Nel centenario della nascita”
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Asiyah Noemi K
Pula, Croatia5,046 contributions
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Jun 2019 • Family
Walking over the Ponte Rosso bridge over the Canal Grande we encounter an interesting statue. This beautiful statue is devoted to James Joyce (a famous Irish writer), made by sculptor from Trieste Nino Spagnoli. The statue was placed on the bridge in 2004 to remember the centenary of Joyce's arrival in Trieste. James Joyce in Trieste is coming to work like an English teacher at the Berlitz School. James Joyce along with girlfriend Nora Barnacle ( He married her in 1931), reaches Trieste and finds that the place in the scool is not free. They ( the institute for the foreign languages ) send him to Pula on the south of the Istrian peninsula to teach english language, where he lives in bad conditions days and finally returns to Trieste in 1905. Returning to Trieste in the Berlitz school, begins one of the most fruitful periods for his literary production. During his stay in the city, Joyce completes the collection of short stories "Dubliners", publishes a second draft of the collection of poems "Chamber Music", and starts, in addition to the "Exiles" drama, the work that will give international fame:" Ulysses".
Written June 23, 2019
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MountaineerLu
Falling Waters, WV1,466 contributions
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Aug 2019 • Couples
It is appropriate that this statue of James Joyce was placed here. Though an Irishman he spent a great part of his life in Teieste and most of his writings were done here. There are also many cafes bars and restaurants named after him.
Written September 10, 2019
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TutinsPony
Phoenix, AZ2,668 contributions
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Aug 2015 • Family
Was not expecting to find a statue of James Joyce in Trieste.......great for a "different" photo in the Grand Canal area. He lived and taught here in Trieste. Great restaurants around here.
Written May 13, 2016
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ELear
Ancona, Italy3,163 contributions
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Dec 2015 • Solo
Trieste has been associated with a phenomenal number of great artists and writers, and several of them have statues. This is the one that will most appeal to non-Italian tourists. Irresistible to photographers, the statue is also a mecca for Joyce-lovers, who leave flowers in front of this slightly shabby, kindly, deeply human character.

The Tourist Office in Piazza Unita can tell you all about Joyce in Trieste: the schools where he taught, the various places where he and Nora lived, his favourite cafe, the buildings that reappear in Ulysses...

Of the other literary statues I saw in Trieste, the one of Umberto Saba is crossing the road in Via Dante Alighieri, a street or two further inland than the Canal Grande, on the way to Piazza Unita. And there's a statue of Italo Svevo (who Joyce taught English) two or three hundred yards on the other side of Piazza Unita, in Piazza Hortis.
Written April 26, 2016
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Erika
Caracas, Venezuela9,856 contributions
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Aug 2020
One of the various statues you will see in the city. This one is on a bridge over the grand channel.
Written September 7, 2020
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Maryshoe
Durham, UK46 contributions
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Sep 2019
What a surprise to bump into James Joyce wending his way across the Ponte Rosso! Trieste has a number of interesting statues and this is one of the three literary figures depicted in this way, the others being Italo Svevo and Umberto Saba. Worth meeting!
Written November 6, 2019
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JWG_080353
Noordeloos, The Netherlands420 contributions
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Jan 2018 • Solo
Those who take the audioguided tour of Trieste's tourist office, will encounter 2 statues of famous writers intimate to Trieste: James Joyce, at the Ponto Rosso bridge over the Canal Grande; Umberto Saba, in Via Dante on the crossing with Via San Nicoló. A third, that of Italo Svevo, can be found on Piazza Attilia Hortis 1, not far from the Revoltella Museum of Modern Art.
Written January 9, 2018
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doppelganger_et
Thessaloniki, Greece925 contributions
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Dec 2019
The statue of the famous writer, poet, teacher, and many more, awaits you on Ponte Rosso. Make a short stop to share a photo with him!
Written December 6, 2019
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Carolyn330
New York City, NY50 contributions
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Oct 2019
It was a surprise to see the tribute to this Irish author next to the canal. I would describe it a rather average. But the canal is a major part of Trieste.
Written October 30, 2019
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Anna L
Vienna, Austria122 contributions
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Aug 2017 • Friends
One of the 3 bronze statues dedicated to Trieste's writers, Joyce, Saba and Svevo. James Joyce is "talking a walk" across the Canale Ponterosso. You can join him, and the go for a coffee in one of the bars nearby...
Written September 8, 2017
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