Stazione Succursale
- Type
- Landmarks
- Area
- City centre
- Time
- about 5 min
- When
- any time, evenings included
The great British steamers of the Indian Mail docked at this quay: the mail and passenger line that, between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, linked Great Britain with India, China and Australia.
Brindisi joined the route after Italian Unification, when the Italian government managed to show that the train from France to here, and then the ship to Suez, was the most convenient way. A report by the British Captain Tyler confirmed that the Brindisi route was shorter than the one via Marseille.
The city changed fast: in 1869 a wide road was opened between the station and the port, and opposite the pier came the Brindisi Hotel, today the Internazionale, along with shops, trattorias and offices. But the port was never properly equipped, and in 1914 the British left it altogether for Marseille.
Nearby
- Dolphin FountainThe Dolphin Fountain stands in the gardens of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, near the port.
- Monument to VirgilIn the gardens of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II stands the marble statue dedicated to Virgil, by the Lombard artist Floriano Bodini.
- Church of Santa Maria del MonteSanta Maria del Monte is a very old church: an official document of 1231 already mentions it.
- Porta RealePorta Reale stood here, the gate that closed the city off from the sea: the sea brought trade, but also the risk of invasion.