Basilica di San Silvestro

On the San Giusto hill, five minutes from the Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia, is the oldest church in the city. It dates from the paleo-Christian era and is a small building in a clear Roman taste, with some gothic accents, such as the windows near the belltower. Through the centuries, the building has undergone many facelifts and restorations, especially in the baroque and neoclassic periods. With the Edict of Giuseppe II in 1784 and the annulment of the Jesuit order, San Sivestro was closed along with twelve other Trieste churches and put up for auction. It passed into the hands of the Valdese community in 1927 and still belongs to them.

The building was built from sandstone blocks, and is in a rectangular shape without apses. The interior is divided into two rows with three columns and the presbytery is covered by a vaulted transept. There are still some traces of the frescoes that used to decorate the naves.

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