Theatre Park

The Theatre Park is a popular gathering place for citizens, located in the heart of the city, in front of the Ivan pl. Zajc Croatian National Theatre and facing the city market. It was created in 1875 by land reclamation and following its recent reconstruction its historical features in the classical and Art Nouveau style were restored […]

Adria Palace

The Adria Palace is a symbol of Rijeka’s maritime power. In the period of its construction it was proclaimed as a facility that would be the most beautiful and richest building in Rijeka. That aspiration was shown by the Adria Steamboat Association. The architectural solution was offered by Franjo Matiasić, and the large building was erected […]

Braun-Biro Palace

Bernard Braun and Danijel Biro’s house displays its picturesque facade close to the main city market. Its current appearance dates back to 1905. At that time, the architect Giovanni Rubinich gave it the features of the Neo-Baroque and Art Nouveau styles within the complete adaptation of the building. On the street facade of the renovated […]

Rijeka skyscraper

The skyscraper that dominates the square on the western end of the Korzo was built during the Second World War, in 1942. It was an investment by Enrico de Arbori, a returned migrant, who had migrated to the USA and became rich in the period of prohibition. A rumour spread through the city that the […]

Teatro Fenice

The large Art Nouveau building of the Teatro Fenice as we know it today dates back to 1914 and is the successor of the similar older and more modest facility. With the later building, Rijeka got an entertainment centre which included the theatre, variety shows, a casino, a concert hall, social rooms and a residential […]

Turkish House

The Turkish House was built close to the heart of the city market and attracts visitors thanks to its picturesque appearance. This appearance is reminiscent of the Orient. The building has a multicolour facade with windows created with eastern arches and ornaments of plants and geometric exemplars, arabesques and Arabic inscriptions. The reason behind this […]

Modello Palace

As Rijeka has always competed with the port of Trieste, this meant it should have its own Palazzo Modello, a model of the city’s monumental palaces built in the style of late Historicism, which today is the seat of the Rijeka City Library and the Circolo italiano di cultura. The project was designed by the […]

Ploech Palace

The luxurious city palace of Annibale Ploech, one of the four most important men connected to the torpedo works, was built in 1888 based on the design of the notable Rijeka architect, Giacomo Zammatti. Drawn together at the Stabilimento Tecnico Fiumano Company, Whitehead, Luppis, Ciotta and Ploech increased the city’s reputation by inventing the torpedo, […]

State Archives in Rijeka

In the 18th century, Baron Mihovil Androcha ordered the construction of a simple summer house in the middle of a vineyard and an olive grove on the hill just above the northern city walls. That villa then changed numerous notable owners, consuls, mayors and businessmen from the Orlando and Pasquale families, Andrija Ljudevit Adamić, John […]

Ivan Kobler Square

Passing under the round City Tower, the former main medieval town entrance that gave access to the coast, you enter the centre of Rijeka’s Old Town. Located in the modern-day Ivan Kobler Square, there was once a more compact municipal centre called Placa, which served the significantly smaller fortified medieval town. The most knowledgeable historical […]