Principia at Tarsatica

The passage under the Old Gate or the Roman Arch leads into the inner square, the Tarsatica Principia forum. Today, at the foot of the rear of the church of St. Fabian and Sebastian, there is still well-preserved masonry.. The Old Gate or the Roman Arch is not, as was assumed earlier, a Roman triumphal […]

Torpedo – Launch station

The launch station from the 1930s was a part of the closed torpedo factory. It is a testimony to the technical inventiveness of Rijeka during this period and at the same time an important landmark of the industrial heritage at a global level. The story about the torpedo factory started with an idea of Rijeka’s […]

Old Town

Upon passing below the City Tower, a walk-through tower of the former main city gate and the entrance to the medieval Rijeka from the coast, you will arrive in the Old Town of Rijeka. The main city market – Placa was once located in the area of today’s Kobler Square, at the time a much […]

Lazaret

The Lazaret located in present day Krešimirova Street was used between 1725 and 1812. In that period it was one of the most modern maritime health facilities on the Adriatic coast. It was built in the city suburbs of that period, just a few steps from Rijeka’s Mandrać port in which smaller boats could be […]

Mrtvi kanal (Dead Channel) and Adamić Palace

The Mrtvi kanal appeared on the city map when it was decided that the final part of the Rječina, the main city river, should be deviated. The Rječina used to flood part of the city located close to its mouth during periods of high rainfall, so the city government decided to dig a new bed […]

Islamic Centre Rijeka and Mosque

The city of Rijeka is renowned for its multiculturalism, and it proudly holds, according to many, one of the most beautiful mosques in Europe; which was opened in 2013. The city of Rijeka is renowned for its multiculturalism, and it proudly holds, according to many, one of the most beautiful mosques in Europe; which was […]

Train station

Unlike other cities which were initially connected to the rest of the world by a single railway line, Rijeka did the same by two railways. Rijeka is connected to the world from two opposite directions at the same time. One railway arrived from the direction of Karlovac and Budapest, whilst the other came from the […]

St. George the Martyr’s Church

Along the back side of the parish office you can come to the oldest Trsat church–St. George the Martyrs. The access road is typically paved with sea pebbles, which was common up to the late 19th century. The present appearance of the church is the result of the reconstruction carried out in the 19th century, […]

Old City Hall

The oldest known Rijeka’s municipal palace stands even today in the northern part of Kobler Square. The remains of the medieval edifice are clearly visible within its prevailing Baroque forms. Rijeka’s naturalised citizen, architect Antonio Verneda redesigned the palace in the Baroque style in the mid 18th century. Like many other important buildings of medieval […]

Linden House

The work of the design and architectural duo Angyal-Fabbro embellished the city centre with its facade in 1929. The Linden House was a continuation of the Schittar and Milcenich-Cerniak houses on Rijeka’s Korzo not only thanks to its neighbouring position, but to its picturesque facade as well. The lower part of the narrow building was […]