“Pieces of History. Duino Castle Tells Its Story in LEGO Bricks”:

Description

From 17 April 2026, the long history of Duino Castle and the Thurn und Taxis Family, who have owned it for over 400 years, will be brought to life by more than three hundred thousand (300,000) LEGO bricks, which will form seven installations – some of them large-scale – as part of the new project “Pieces of History. Duino Castle Tells Its Story in LEGO Bricks”: 

• Duino Castle 
• The Palladian Staircase
• Rainer Maria Rilke reading the Duino Elegies
• Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis (1855–1934)
• Prince Raimondo della Torre e Tasso (1907–1986)
• the Bora wind blows over the Molo Audace (Trieste)
• the Duino Pact (1954). 

The installations will permanently enrich the exhibition layout of the castle’s rooms open to the public. The result is a unique, multi-voiced dialogue between period furnishings, legends, family memories, figures and events that have passed through these walls over the centuries. More than just a simple game, the world’s most famous building brick thus becomes a genuine tool for communication and an element of contemporary artistic expression capable of reaching diverse audiences, thereby amplifying the castle’s multifaceted and rich narrative, which will be accessible in Italian, Slovenian, German and English. 


 Location: Duino Castle, Duino 32 (TS) - Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
 Duino Castle: +39 040 208120
 Dates: from Friday 17 April 2026
For bookings: visite@castellodiduino.it

Opening hours: 
14–31 March 2026: 9.30am–4.00pm
April–September 2026: 9.30am–5.30pm
1–15 October: 9.30am–5.00pm
From 16 October to 2 November 2026: 9.30am–4.00pm
NB From 3 November 2026 to 13 March 2027, winter opening hours apply: the Castle is open only on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 9.30am to 4.00pm

🎟️ Ticket: 
Adults: €12.50
Children aged 7–17: €7.00
Children aged 0–6: free
Families (2 adults + 2 or more children): €1.00 from the second child
Over 65s: €10.00
Students (aged 18 and over, with valid ID): €9.00
Card (FAI - Italian Environment Fund, Touring Club, Viviparchi + Grotta Gigante, teachers, journalists): €10.00
FVG Card: free entry 

Castello Vecchio
Castello Vecchio only: €5.00
Combined ticket for full-price payers: €15.00
Combined ticket for discounted categories: discounted ticket price + €2.50

Groups
Groups of 10 to 24 people: €10.00 each; guided tours: €100.00 per group
Groups of 25 people or more: €9.00 each; guided tours: €4.00 each

Schools
Up to 6 years old: free entry
Aged 7 to 17: €6 each (one accompanying teacher enters free of charge for every ten pupils)
Aged 18 and over: €9 each
Guided tour (on request): €100 in total for groups of up to 24 pupils; €4 each for groups of 25 pupils or more.

 

Organized by:

Castello di Duino
visite@castellodiduino.it