Skip to main content

Thank You 500,000 readers

Destination - SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE, the ocean liner hotel in Trieste

Trieste and SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE (better info at German wiki), once a real ocean liner hotel which is situated prominently at the seafront, across the sea promenade, Riva del Mandracchioi, the STAZIONE MARITTIMA. Left of SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE is the former LLOYD AUSTRIACO (I) Palace, with its front to the Piazza dell´Unità d´Italia. First the headquarter of the LLOYD in Trieste, later that of LLOYD TRIESTINO. SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE is brilliant excample for the architecture of the Guilded Age and kuk architecture.
by Earl of Cruise
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE was never the hotel for the emmigrants, who had to save money for their immigration to most the USA, but it was the best palce for the last night in Europe before going abroad, or the best to start on European soil.
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE
THALIA, LLOYD AUSTRIACO´s Traumschiff, approaching its mooring in front of the Ocean Liner Hotel EXCELSIOR PALACE - Source: Italian Liners
The SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE is a 4 star hotel in Trieste, Italy owned by the Starhotels group. The hotel is located close to Piazza Unità d'Italia overlooking the Gulf of Trieste and has 142 rooms (including suites and apartments). The hotel has a bar, "Le Rive", and a restaurant, "The Savoy", which seats up to 150 people. The hotel’s conference centre has 9 meeting rooms which can seat up to 650 people in total. The hotel was used as a venue for part of the 2009 G8 summit meeting.
During the Austro-Hungarian era, Trieste became a leading European city in economy, trade and commerce, and was the fourth-largest and most important centre in the empire, after Wien/Vienna, Budapest (Hungarian: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt]) and Praha/Prague.
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE, the Oceam Liner Hotel - Source: Wikipedia
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE was built in the style of Eclecticism in 1911 by the Austrian architect Ladislaus Fiedler with classical sculptures and columns decorating the façade. At the time of its opening in 1912 the hotel was one of the most imposing and luxurious hotels in the Austro-Hungarian Empire Throughout its history the hotel has hosted aristocrats, artists and diplomats, as well as tourists visiting Trieste on their grand tour. Kaiser Franz Josef was a frequent guest and his private apartment is preserved intact. The hotel reopened in June 2009 after two and a half years of renovation.
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE
Architectural draft of EXCELSIOR PALACE BY Ladislaus Fiedler - Source
Trieste, the mitteleuropean city!, is a special destination - here the Orient is meeting the Occident, out Trieste sailed LLOYD AUSTRIACO (II) / ÖSTERREICHISCHER LLOYD (III) since 1836, later LLOYD TRIESTINO and AUSTRO AMERICANA, later COSULICH,
Trieste is the fulcrum of the border middeleuropean culture, with one eye to the Adriatic Sea and the other to the harsh karst headland and the Alps. Surrounded by the scents of the Mediterranean, it is bright and shining more than ever when the air is made crisp by the wind down from the Alps. The beautiful buildings of Trieste are in Neoclassicism, Art Nouveau, Vienna Secession (German: Wiener Secession), Eclecticism and Baroque. They fit in well with Roman remains, 18th century and Habsburg buildings.
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE
Trieste, Piazza Unità d'Italia by night - Source: Wikipedia
The beautiful and central area of Trieste, right upon the Adriatic, where the SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE was constructed between early 1910 and the Summer of 1911, was reclaimed from the sea with a land-fill around the middle of the 18th century, by the Town maritime authority, in order to erect a building for the Royal maritime health service, the “Casino di Sanità Marittima”.
The land and the premises belonged to the Austro-Hungarian central tax authority which, around the mid-19th century, where approached by LLOYD AUSTRIACO (ÖSTERREICHISCHER LLOYD, later LLOYD TRIESTINO, today ITALIA MARTTIMA) to build there their new offices.ITALIA MARITTIMA is the oldest shipping company still in business; it was founded in 1832 as a shipping register and insurance, with LLOYD´s of London as role model. In 1836 LLOYD started the steam merchant marine out of Trieste and, in 1842, they became also one of the largest printing facility and publisher in the whole Europe).
First the authorisation was denied but, towards 1880, the situation changed thanks to the development of the “New port of Trieste” which freed the “Riva del Mandracchio” area (Mandracchio is an old-fashioned Italian word, indicating a particularly sheltered area within a port for the docking of small ships and boats).
At the time LLOYD AUSTRIACO had already started the construction of its beautiful building, right West of SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE and adorning the main square of the town, the Austrian society of hotels obtained the area from the Vienna government and the authorisation to build a large grand hotel to meet the needs of the constantly growing number of travellers who passed by and were staying in Trieste before boarding an ocean liner for the Americas, the Middle and Far East, or awaiting a connecting steamer.
The opening of the Suez Canal (1869), strongly supported by LLOYD AUSTRIACO as shareholder, as well as by virtually all the Austrian and Trieste-based entrepreneurs and banks, transformed Trieste into a burgeoning and cosmopolitan place, which would be known as the “European gate to the East”.
On the 25th October 1909 the Austrian Society of Hotels obtained the authorisation to demolish the existing building of the Maritime health authority, transferred inside the “Palazzo Carciotti” on the Trieste “Grand Canal”, and the Vienna-based architect Ladislaus Fiedler started the complex process of designing what was simply known as the “Grand Hotel”. One of the main issues was the reinforcement of the ground by fitting a new foundation of cast iron with the cutting-edge Zublin technology.
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE
The port of Trieste in 1885, in the center the LLOYD AUSTRIACO palace, hidden behinf Grand Hotel EXCELSIOR PALACE - Source: Wikipedia
The permission granted by the public authorities to build such a huge hotel on the waterfront and fit it with cantilevered balconies, the press from Trieste defined them "a gross indecency!", meant something in return - "tempus fugit, mutantur mentis habitum", thank the gods for!. The building was to be completed by June, 1911, in order to accommodate the Hapsburg court and dignitaries attending the launch of the new flagship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, SMS Viribus Unitis, christend by Erzherzogin Maria Annunziata, with the presence of H.I.H. Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, June 20th, 1911. To reach such a target was virtually impossible and only employing 250 workers it was possible, by June 18th, to accommodate the very first guests of the Grand Hotel EXCELSIOR PALACE on the lower floors, while the upper ones would have been completed and furnished only in early 1912.
The grand opening but was June 22nd, as an extra event and was following the previous events, it was a further big social event, this time accompanied by the departure of Austria-Hungary´s "Traumschiff" THALIA for a new Pleasure Journey.
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE
Tempus fugit ... the Grand Hotel EXCELSIOR PALACE prepared for the visit of Vittorio Emanuele III. - own collection
The 3rd November, 1918, saw the first arrival in Trieste of the Italian King Vittorio Emanuele III: on that occasion the prefix SAVOIA was added to the EXCELSIOR PALACE.
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE
Postcard of x with an approaching COSULICH liner, either SATURNIA or VULACANIA, and SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE (right), in the background the LLOYD AUSTRIACO liner WIEN (out of time) - own collection
EXCELSIOR PALACE became known as the “Ocean Liner Hotel” owing to its privileged position as, across the road, is located the Ocean Terminal STAZIONE MARITTIMA: there is no other place in the World where a beautiful, stylish luxury Grand Hotel of yesteryear, perfectly restored to its original splendour, is one minute walk from the gangway of a cruise ship.
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE
The ART DÉCO building STAZIONE MARITTIMA errected in 1926 till 1930 - Source: Wikipedia
My soul is in Trieste”, stated James Joyce, and this feeling was certainly revived any time he was sipping a coffee for which Trieste is famous worldwide at the SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE, watching the busy port, full of life, of the voices of the longshoremen and steam whistles, of the colourful glimpses of sailors, bellmen, porters  and passengers with their luggage and steamer trunks ...
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE
SATURNIA or VULCANIA in ITALIA colours at STAZIONE MARITTIMA in Trieste, left the LLOYD PALACE - Source: Trieste Terminal Passeggeri
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE
Tempus fugit ... COSTA FASCINOSA and CAVOUR, flagship of the Italian MARINA MILITARE - Source: L´ABERO NASCOTO
Today, Trieste is often forgotten as tourists head off to the big Italian cities like Rome and Milan and it is a very charming and underestimated city, with a quiet and lovely almost Eastern European atmosphere, several pubs and cafes, some stunning architecture and a beautiful sea view. It was also, for a while, the residence of the famous Irish writer, James Joyce.
Trieste is the capital of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and has 205,557 inhabitants. It is situated on the crossroads of several commercial and cultural flows: German middle Europe to the north, Slavic masses and the Balkans to the east, Italy and then Latin countries to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
Its artistic and cultural heritage is linked to its singular "border town" location. You can find some old Roman architecture (a small theatre near the sea, a nice arch into old city and an interesting Roman museum), Austrian empire architecture across the city centre (similar to stuff you can find in Wien/Vienna) and a nice atmosphere of métissage of Mediterranean styles, as Trieste was a very important port during the 18th century.
Trieste is and was a cosmopolitan city. The region of Friuli Venezia Giulia is officially quadrilingual (Italian, Slovene, Friulian, and German). Signs are often only in Italian in Trieste, as the city itself is generally Italian speaking and the local dialect (a form of the Venetian language) is called Triestine. Surrounding villages and towns are often inhabited by mostly Slovene speakers. Residents, and those working in the city, can easily find free courses to learn Italian, Slovene, German, English and many other languages. When walking around Trieste, you will also hear Croatian/Serbian all the time, mainly from people who visit the city on brief shopping trips.
There is a tourist office at the edge of Piazza Unità d'Italia, in the Lloyd Triestino building. Information is available in Italian, German, and English, as are tourist maps and brochures of information about attractions in and around the city.
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE - Source: STARHOTELS COLLEZIONE
Following a sample of rooms after the last renovation 2009
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE, Trieste, a Classic Room of 15 qm /161 sqft
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE, Trieste, a Classic Room Superior of 15 qm /161 sqft
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE, Trieste, a Deluxe Room with parquet 20 qm / 215 sqft
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE, Trieste, a Junior Suite Moquette 30 qm / 323 sqft
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE, Trieste, a Suite Living Room 75 qm / 808 sqft
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE, Trieste, a Suite Living Room 75 qm / 808 sqft
SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE, Trieste, a Family Suite 49 qm / 528 sqft
The days of liners unfortunately are gone and cruise vessels, most mega ships of the floating resort type with masses of people on board, as in the high time of emmigration travel in the first decade of 20th century, are the norm. The popular cruise vocation makes the SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE a bit out of date for a last stay ashore before boarding such a mega cruiser ... but it will make you so much more relaxed than a hush-hush travel, reaching the floating resort just before departure. But most of these mass market cruisers perhaps can´t afford the SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE - and those who can afford are not the normal mass market cruisers. SAVOIA EXCELSIOR PALACE is an excellent stay in the city center and in first row to the sea and port.

For visitors Trieste has to offer vast variety:


Città Vecchia (Old Town) - Trieste boasts an extensive old town: there are many very narrow and crooked streets with typical medieval houses. Nearly the entire area is closed to traffic.
The Austrian Quarter - Half of the city was built under Austrian-Hungarian dominion, so there is present a very large number of palaces that resemble Vienna. An iconic place of this quarter is the majestic Piazza Unità (Unity Square), which is Europe's largest sea-front square. The most present architecture styles are Neoclassical, Art Nouveau, Eclectic, and Baroque.
Museo Revoltella - This museum was donated to the city in 1869 by Baron Pasquale Revoltella, a great patron of the arts who liked to surround himself with precious and avant-garde works. In a building restored and extended by architect Carlo Scarpa, the museum today houses one of Italy’s finest collections of 19th-century, modern and contemporary art.
Museo di Storia, Arte e Orto Lapidario (Museum of History and Art and Lapidary Garden) Archaeological, historical and art collections. Prehistoric and protohuman findings of local origin; Roman and medieval sculptures and epigraphs. Egyptian, Greek, Roman and pre-Roman antiques. Numismatic collection. Photograph and book libraries.
Museo di Storia Naturale - Zoological, botanical, geological, paleontological and mineralogical collections. Vivarium. Specialised scientific library.
The Roman Theatre - Trieste or Tergeste, which probably dates back to the protohistoric period, was enclosed by walls built in 33-32 BC on Emperor Octavius’s orders. The city developed greatly during the 1st and 2nd century AD. The Roman Theatre lies at the foot of the San Giusto hill, and faces the sea. The construction partially exploits the gentle slope of the hill, and most of the construction work is in stone. The topmost portion of the amphitheatre steps and the stage were presumably made of wood. The statues that adorned the theatre (which was brought to light in the '30s) are now preserved at the Town Museum. Three inscriptions from the Trajan period mention a certain Q. Petronius Modestus, a person who was closely connected with the development of the theatre, which was erected during the second half of the 1st century.
Il Faro della Vittoria (Victory Lighthouse) - The Lighthouse of the Victory, an impressive work of the Triestine architect Arduino Berlam (1880-1946) and of the sculptor Giovanni Mayer (1863-1943), has two important functions. Besides lighting the gulf of Trieste, in order to help navigation, it also serves as a commemorative monument dedicated to the fallen of the first World War. The lighthouse is topped by an embossed copper statue of Victory sculpted by Giovanni Mayer. Under this statue is affixed the anchor of the torpedo-boat Audace (the first Italian ship that entered the port of Trieste on November 3,1918),
Arco di Riccardo - The "Arco di Riccardo" is an Augustan gate built in the Roman walls in 33 A.D. It stands in Piazzetta Barbacan, in the narrow streets of the old town.
Museo della Comunità Ebraica di Trieste "Carlo e Vera Wagner" ("Carlo e Vera Wagner" Museum of the Jewish Community of Trieste) - Collection of ritual art of the Jewish community of Trieste, mainly silverware and fabrics.
Synagogue - It's one of the largest in Europe, and was built in 1912. Open on Sundays 10÷12 and on Thursdays 15.30÷17.30, guided tours only, info Key Tre Viaggi tel. +39 040 6726736
Museo della Risiera di San Sabba (Risiera di San Sabba Museum) - A national monument - a testimonial of the only Nazi extermination camp in Italy.
Railway Museum Trieste Campo Marzio - Housed in the former railhouse, the museum features drawings, models and fullsized train engines and railcars as well as horse-drawn trams from Trieste's past.
Barcola This paved waterfront walk stretches from a little north of the city nearly to the castle at Miramare. It is the beach where the Triestini spend their summers, with water access, restrooms, and changing areas for swimmers. It can be reached by bus #6 which stops at Piazza Oberdan and the Trieste Centrale train station.
San Giusto - Cathedral and Castle

A walk on the Castle ramparts and bastions gives a complete panorama of the city of Trieste, its hills and the sea. The Cathedral is free, but donations are appreciated. €1.50 will grant access to the church's campanile, which provides an even more beautiful view. Be on the lookout for the remains of the Roman monumental gateway inside the Campanile. €1 for just the castle ramparts and bastion. €6 (under age 25: €4) grants access to the ramparts as well as all of the other museum and exhibits listed below.

Museum
Capitoline Temple
Church of San Giovanni
San Michele al Carnale
WWI Altar
Roman forum and civic building
Castle of San Giusto.
Park of Remembrance World War I commemorative park,
Lapidary Garden. Contains Roman and Medieval relics discovered in Trieste. In it stands a Cenotaph to the archaeologist Johann Winckelmann, father of neoclassicism, who died in Trieste in 1769. Access to the Museum of the History of Art is found here.

Castello di Miramare, Portopiccolo, once the residence of Erzherzog Ferdiand Maximilian, he had errected the chateau as his residence for himself and his wife Princess Charlotte of Belgium, here he started his journey to Mexico, where he was installed as Emperor Maximiliano - Source: ENIT
Castello di Miramare - Source: Wikipedia
It is said, that Maximilian and Charlotte had in Miramare their luckiest days ...
Accessed by boarding a westbound bus #6 from a number of places including a stop at the Trieste train station.
Maximilian's chambers and those of his consort, Carlota of Belgium; the guest rooms; the information room telling the history of the Castle and the Park's construction;
Duke Amadeo of Aosta's apartment with furnishings from the 1930's in the Rationalist style.
Throne room
The park offers the public a chance for an interesting stroll among botanical species and an important collection of sculptures dotted along its numerous paths. Admission is free.
the Stables, a building which was recently restored and is now used for temporary exhibitions;
the Old Greenhouses
Little Castle

 

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Germany and HAPAG - A Journey through History

HAMBURG-AMERIKANISCHEPACKETFAHRT ACTIEN GESELLSCHAFT - HAPAG or HAMBURG AMERICA LINE is reflecting, as Germany, the LLOYD of Bremen, two times of rsing and two times of devasting downfall and a third rise. BORUSSIA , 1856, First Day Cover 1956 of Deutsche Bundespost - own collection Once Germany´s biggest shipping line HAPAG / HAMBURG-AMERIKANISCHE PACKETFAHRT ACTIEN GESELLSCHAFT-LLOYD, merged with it former old Hanseatic rival NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD in 1970, to now HAPAG-LLOYD, had its peaks and downs, but rose each time on its own to new hights, without any state subsidies. As German mail subsidiaries did never cover the costs for purchasing or mainting the vessels ordered for the specific German mail lines.   by Earl of Cruise In this article I used most German Wikipedia links, as they proved to be mostly of better research quality, and surprisinf to me, some English lines and liners have only German written articles, for the others, English Wiki links are to find

HISTORY - EUGENIO C. a masterpiece of Italian design and engineering

EUGENIO C., later EUGENIO COSTA, was a masterpiece of Italian design and is an example of beautifully integrated ship design. Her naval architect, Nicolò Costanzi, and her interior designer, Nino Zoncada, worked side by side, or hand in hand, to create a perfect balance and continuity between the vessel's interiors and the exterior profile. EUGENIO C. became a masterpiece of the 60s design and elegance. by Earl of Cruise Some readers had been asking for interior photographies ... here they are.   Eugenio C. Tourist Class A pool, looking aft into the wake line - own collection, copy from my LINEA  „ C ‟ broshure EUGENIO C. entered service a little more than 50 years ago in 1966. EUGENIO C. was a child of the swinging 60s, when we had the first jet setters, and still style and elegance. And travelling by jet in those days was still an expensive way to travel for few. I am not the only one wishing the same intent and sensibility would be a guide line for present shipown

Thank You 500,000 readers

Ocean Liners in Movies or Films at Sea (updated Nov 2017)

For liners and the shipping companies movies and films had been a top marketing tool Movies or Films and liners at sea, had been intriguing me since I have read about in my youth in LUXUSLINER - BILDER EINER GROSSEN ZEIT by Lee Server ( THE GOLDEN AGE OF OCEAN LINERS ). But earlier, mot only since my first crossing, I was keen watching movies with liners in it, and disapointed, which was an understatement, when I realized the films have been made in a set ashore in some movie "factory". That was after my first crossing.   by Earl of Cruise an essay in progress `Sabrina´, Humphrey Bogart in the office, while LIBERTÉ is sailing out of New York harbor - screenshot Ocean liners, especially those of the luxury category, had been the location of dramas, love stories, thrillers, suspense and catastrophies sinde film was born, or nearly. In this list, the most descriptions are taken from Wikipedia, as I guess no one can expect having seen all these films ... otherwise I w

HISTORY - The CUNARD - WHITE STAR Liner rms QUEEN ELIZABETH (1938-1972)

Over years, in my early youth, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was shaping my mind for the perfect ocean liner, despite having made my first experiences with a liner onboard the HANSEATIC (1), ex EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND, ex EMPRESS OF JAPAN. When leaning at the rail of HANSEATIC entering the port, my eyes where every where and I wished to by a camera, I took all in. And when seeing the QUEEN ELIZABETH with my own eyes, the nice behaving young boy turned into a tomboy, that my grandmére was no longer able to tame ... I did draw quite a lot of looks, back then. I found, while on research, this article and thought it interesting publishing in my blog: written and published by John Sheperd at liverpoolships.org editing and comments by Earl of Cruise I ( John Shepard ) joined the CUNARD LINE in March 1962 as an Assistant Purser and sailed the QUEEN ELIZABETH throughout that year, before transferring to the Liverpool-based CARINTHIA in November, where I remained as Crew Purser for the next five

HISTORY - Traveling with airliner LZ 129 HINDENBURG was the most luxurious airtravel

The real airliner LZ 129 HINDENBURG enabled the most luxurious airtravel for decades. Imagine, gliding through the air while the landscape or the sea below can be seen ... LZ 129 HINDENBURG marks the climax of airship construction. On May 6, 1937, the story of civilian airship ended in a tragedy. In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the largest flying object and has been with the similar sized LZ 130 GRAF ZEPPELIN II the most luxurious of all time. How this came about can be reconstructed logically, a series of fatal physics concatenations . The airship LZ 129 HINDENBURG marks the climax of airship construction. It was in its time the fastest and most exclusive traveling object between Europe and America. The challenges of the construction of the giant of the heaven were immense. by Earl of Cruise LZ 129 HINDENBURG, 1936, in Lakehurst - digital copy of a coloured cover photo, originally by Bill Schneider, published in Dan Grossman´s book ` ZEPPELIN HINDENBURG: AN ILLUSTRATED HI

ss NORMANDIE 1935 - 1942 IX

s s / te NORMANDIE starting from cold Owners: COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE BUILDERS: PENH Ö ET, St. Nazaire, France   by Stephen Carey © , editing by Earl of Cruise   This document is almost exclusively about the engineering aspects of NORMANDIE , mainly on how to start her up from cold. If you are looking for photos of the passenger spaces, there is a plethora of them on the web, in Facebook groups - Admirers of the ss Normandie , ss Normandie photographic file , The French Ocean Liners / Les Paquebots Fran ç ais , ss Normandie , GREAT LINERS OF THE PAST & PRESENT , and others, Pinterest and in articles about NORMANDIE here in the blog, please see at the end of the article. Using "ss" for NORMANDIE is quite incorrect, as NORMANDIE was a Turbo Electric vessel and not a steamship, therefore NORMANDIE should be adressed as "te".   by Earl of Cruise te / ss NORMANDIE berthed in Le Havre, Gare Maritime May 29th, 1935 - colouring courtesy

HISTORY - ts / ss BREMEN and ts / ss EUROPA

Germany’s two luxury liners, BREMEN and EUROPA , have not only played an important part in their country’s mercantile revival, but have added also an immortal chapter to the history of transatlantic travel. Copy from Shipping Wonders of the World   From part 6 , published 17 March 1936 editing by Earl of Cruise ss / ts BREMEN in her early years - Source: Shipping Wonders of the World/Bundespresse Archiv The PRIDE OF A NATION - the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD quadruple-screw turbine express liner BREMEN . The keel of this ship was laid in June 1927. Her launch took place in August, 1928. In less than a year later, the Bremen made her first voyage to America, when she crossed the Atlantic from Cherbourg to New York in four days seventeen hours forty-two minutes, thus setting up a new record and gaining the coveted “Blue Riband”. During the passage the Bremen attained an average speed of 27.83 knots. ss / ts BREMEN in her early years - Source: W ikipedia For the populac

HISTORY - One of the earliest steam ship companies in the world ÖSTERREICHISCHER LLOYD was founded in 1833 - III 1914-19 becoming LLOYD TRIESTINO

After the assaination of crownprince Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajewo , all European powers did run with `eyes wide shut´ in the first catastrophy of the 20th century. This war, caused equally by all the imperial powers, which was thought " to end all wars in the future ", seen as a " clearing thunderstorm ", caused with the Versailles Treaty only more war, grief and sorrow, with a final push from the Great Depression of the 1930s. LLOYD express steamers PRINZ HOHENLOHE and BARON GAUTSCH in Pola - own collection, copy from a postcard Even if the signals for this war could be seen as Menetekel (portent) at the walls, everybody was taken by surprise. Especially the economy, as nobody really was prepared for this war. by Earl of Cruise At the beginning of the First World War many ships of LLOYD AUSTRIACO were scattered on the oceans of the world. Some ships had to seek shelter in neutral ports, numerous were used by the k. u. k. Kriegsmar

HISTORY - AUSTRO AMERICANA the Austro-Hungary shipping line into the new world

Not many know about the Austro-Hungary shipping line, AUSTRO AMERICANA , which sailed out of Trieste to the Americas. Austro-Hungary and shipping? You may ask ... you may have heard about Vienna Walz, coffe house culture, Hotel Sacher and its famous chocolate cake, the Prater, chateau Schönbrunn, the Fiakers - the famous horse carriages and such things. But passenger shipping lines? There has been AUSTRO AMERICANA and ÖSTERREICHISCHER LLOYD , renamed in LLOYD TRIESTINO after 1918 and after purchased by EVERGREEN renamed in Italia Marittima. The actual company ÖSTERREICHISCHER LLOYD is a new formed management company situated in Austria.   by Earl of Cruise KAISER FRANZ JOSEH I. the biggest liner of AUSTRO AMERICANA - own collextion Parts of my family lived for a long time in the Austro-Hungary empire, which can be qualified as a "United Nations of the Balkan". Having traces into Austria-Hungay, the realm of Hungary in special, it is a pleasure for me making thes