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    Duino Castle (Italian: Castello di Duino, German: Schloss Duino, Slovene: Devinski grad) is a fourteenth-century fortification located in the village...
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    known for Duino Castle, immortalized by the poet Rainer Maria Rilke in his Duino Elegies. Duino was attested in historical sources as Duino in 1139, Dewin...
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    elegies in 1912 while a guest of Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis at Duino Castle on the Adriatic Sea. The poems were dedicated to the Princess upon their...
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    Miramare Castle (Italian: Castello di Miramare; Slovene: Grad Miramar; German: Schloss Miramar; Spanish: Castillo de Miramar) is a 19th-century castle direct...
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    stayed at the Castle Duino, near Trieste, home of Princess Marie of Thurn und Taxis. There, in 1912, he began the poem cycle called the Duino Elegies, which...
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  • Torre e Tasso, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino (16 March 1907 – 17 March 1986) was the son of Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino and Princess Marie de Ligne. His...
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  • della Torre e Tasso, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino (born 10 February 1952) is the current head of the Castel Duino branch of the House of Thurn and Taxis....
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    Grande Giardino Botanico Carsiana Val Rosandra Grotta Gigante Duino Castle Miramare Castle Rilke trail Sistiana Bay Timavo sources Fortified church in Monrupino...
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  • family is Duino Castle in Duino in the Province of Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Prince Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 1st Duke of Castel Duino (1881-1937)...
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    Duke of Castel Duino. Today Duino Castle belongs to his grandson, Prince Carlo della Torre e Tasso, Duca di Castel Duino (b. 1952). The Duino branch is part...
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