Which monarch of the Mexican Empire was the 19th-century castle on the Gulf of Trieste Miramare Castle built for?
Miramare Castle Miramare Castle (Italian: "Castello di Miramare" ; German: "Schloss Miramar" ; Slovene: "Grad Miramar" ) is a 19th-century castle on the Gulf of Trieste near Trieste, northeastern Italy. It was built from 1856 to 1860 for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte of Belgium, later Emperor Maximilian I and Empress Carlota of Mexico, based on a design by Carl Junker.
Luis Antonio Argüello Luis Antonio Argüello (] ) (June 21, 1784 – March 27, 1830) was the first Californio (native-born) governor of Alta California (thirteenth in all), and the first to take office under Mexican rule. He was the only governor to serve under the First Mexican Empire (of 1821-1823) and also served as acting governor under the subsequent provisional government, which preceded the First Mexican Republic (of 1824–1864).