Temple of Monte Grisa

We were in Trieste last week for a long weekend and while out walking around the waterfront I caught site of something interesting on the Ridgeline.

Taking a look at the map (on my phone) I discovered the Sanctuary Monte Grisa.

 it is a most conspicuous landmark, seen by many, visited by few

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Monte_Grisa

Before leaving for home we decided to be some of the few and took a detour up behind the city to discover this enormous concrete building set 300m above the sparkling Mediterranean Sea.

It is monumental both inside and out, and for someone who loves concrete as a building material it was great to see a highly geometric structure mixing off-the-form finished concrete and glass.

I just had to use black and white for some of the photos to show the nature of the forms.

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