Piazza Falcone e Borsellino

Accessible from the inner streets of Via Sant’Ambrogio, some remains of the ancient walled city are visible in the square, dating back to 1526 (the year when Giovanni Diedo was podestà). It is believed that Monfalcone was only surrounded by walls at the end of the 13th century by the Patriarchs of Aquileia to contain the expansionist aims of the Counts of Gorizia and Duino. The patriarchal palace, town hall, and the Duomo were within the walled city. On the other hand, the historian Filippo del Bel (1729 - 1801) attributes the walls’ construction to Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, who had them built "fortissime et robustissime" in the year 493. The walled city encompassed a small part of the territory, and Monfalcone’s population mostly lived in the neighbouring hamlets.