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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Kozala Cemetery

Kozala Cemetery was one of the first communal cemeteries in Europe. The terrain used for its construction was purchased in 1771 and it has been enlarged several times. The cemetery was officially opened back in 1838. In 1872 the city employed a custodian there, and he began to write the names of those buried in […]

Former Hotel Royal

The former Royal hotel can be recognised in the building which today houses the seat of the Primorje-Gorski kotar County. The building was built on the Rijeka Korzo in 1906 following the expansion and conversion of the previous modest house at the same location. The construction was ordered by Francesco Rauschel who wanted to accentuate […]

Corso cinema and theatre

The Corso cinema and theatre appeared on Korzo in 1913, based on the design of the owner of the facility, Francesco Mattiassi. In order to make that happen, Mattiassi reconstructed two existing houses and the new building emerged within the street line of older buildings. The cinema hall was opened on the ground floor of […]

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 completed at the very beginning of the First World War, in 1914. The building was erected as a residential and business structure. The architectural design […]