Visit to Marine Biodiversity Centre (BioMa) of Miramare Castle

A group of students visited the Marine Biodiversity Centre (BioMa) of Miramare Castle, near Trieste. This is an environmental study centre designed to offer a truly immersive experience of all the varied environments of the Gulf of Trieste and the Miramare Marine Protected Area. From the surface of the sea down into its depths to the many sea creatures and plant species, there is everything that makes this stretch of sea a real oasis of marine biodiversity. There are reconstructions of the submerged reef, sections of sandy and muddy sediment with their inhabitants, dioramas of sea grasslands, sunfish, bottlenose dolphins and other pelagic life-size animals. There are also immersive videos and 3D representations, floating jellyfish, coloruful nudibranchs and acoustic showers so you can listen to the sounds of the sea. There is the spectacular phenomenon of bioluminescence in a night time sea tunnel and a special touch tank aquarium with benthic organisms. Everything is designed to provide visitors of all ages with a greater knowledge of marine biodiversity.