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Rijeka's Architecture

Architecture

Rijeka’s architecture tells a rich story, showcasing a blend of historic Austro-Hungarian buildings, modern structures, and stunning waterfront designs.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Veneziana House and Dolac Street

The palace belonging to Robert Whitehead (inventor of the torpedo, together with Giovanni Luppis) was nominated a Venetian House thanks to its architectonic associations with the Venetian Gothic. It was

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Casa rossa

The Casa rossa (Red House) was built before the people coming from the sea at the entrance to the Mrtvi kanal Channel in 1903. It was erected within the urban

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City Hall

The building where the current City Hall operates is the former City Savings Bank building. Tenders for its design were officially and publicly invited in 1912, and the construction was

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