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Rijeka Croatia The town of Rijeka is an important business, trade, industrial and cultural centre in the western part of the Republic of Croatia. It is located on the Adriatic, at a point where the sea has made its deepest incision into the European continent. Due to its natural and geo-political characteristics the area is ideally situated for harbour and shipping centre development. In addition to activities related to the sea, such as tourism, shipping industries, forwarding agencies, harbour activities and shipbuilding. Kvarner Bay and Istrian Riviera, with more than 50 percent of the entire tourist capacity of Croatia, represent the most developed parts of the country as far as tourism is concerned. This region has a long tradition in tourism, dating back to the 19th century. Its specific geo-topographical position ensures a very pleasant climate with hot summers and mild winters. The average annual temperature is some 14 degrees Celsius and the region enjoys more than 2100 hours of sunshine. The mild climate, beautiful scenery and hospitality contribute to the attractiveness of the region.

Cultural-Historical Sights

Church of St. Mary's Assumption:
At the end of Uzarska Street, the main street at that time, we find the Church of St. Mary's Assumption (Duomo) which was once the central church, built in the early Middle Ages on the ruins of the Roman thermal baths. The master craftsman Juraj of Zadar repaired the triple-nave basilica in 1442 and elevated the main nave. It was completely reconstructed in 1695.

Municipal Palace:
Dominates the Square with its three facades. On June 15, 1872, Rijeka was given a new statute, by which the municipality was governed by a body of 56 representatives, headed by the mayor. This imposed the need for a new Town Hall and modern city houses. In 1833 the municipal administration, leaving the old "Racki Commune" building, relocated in the renovated building of the Augustinian monastery.

Church of St. Jerome:
With its elegant late Baroque facade defines the eastern wing of the Municipal Palace, imparting a note of nobility to the Square. The church was built together with the Augustinian monastery complex by the feudal lords of Rijeka, the Counts of Devin. Construction began in the time of Ugon II in 1315 and was finished in 1408.

Rijeka Croatia Governor's Palace:
It was the residence of the governor, i.e. the vice-regent of the Hungarian crown of St. Stephen. In 1869, by an annex (called the "Patch") to the Croatian - Hungarian Compromise, a Hungarian provisorium, lasting up to 1918, was established in Rijeka. The Governor, Count Ljudevit Batthyany commissioned the building of the palace to Alojz Hauszmann, the leading architect of Budapest.

Maritime and Historical Museum:
It was founded in 1876. The museum gives us a general view of the development of navigation (models of vessels, paintings of sailing ships, portraits of sea captains of the 19th and 20th centuries) and culture in Rijeka and the Rijeka region (archaeological findings on land and in the sea, coin collections); it possesses a collection of weaponry, applied art (especially furniture dating from the 17th to the 19th cent.), a collection of paintings and graphics (17th to 20th cent.) and archival materials.

Judicial Palace:
Palace was erected in 1904, on the most prominent old town site which had for centuries been the location of the "Kastel", an imposing fortress and the key point in the defence system consisting of walls, towers and bastions fortifying Rijeka. The Kastel was the seat of the Captain of Rijeka, a representative of the feudal lord, until the 18th century. At the beginning of the 20th century this historical edifice was demolished and in it's place the Judicial Palace was built, giving the street it's present-day appearance.

Rijeka Croatia Church of St. Vito:
Jesuit rotunda (today a cathedral) was built on the site of a small demolished church, dedicated to the guardian saint of Rijeka, St. Vito (thus the name of the town Rijeka of St. Vito). It was the Jesuits who provided the complete project for the construction of the church which began on June 15, 1638 and which lasted, with interruptions for about one hundred years.

Church of St. Sebastian:
As the old town was encircled by walls and towers, houses were built in narrow streets which had been plotted in the early Middle Ages on the ruins of the Roman Tarsatika, once a key point of the defence system. In one of these narrow streets, the Church of St. Sebastian was erected. Legend has it that the church was built in 1291 as an oath in the time of the plague.

Old Gate:
The ancient wall that was discovered behind the Church of St. Sebastian in closely connected to a monument known in literature of the past as the "Roman arch" or "gate". It has been established that the Old Gate is the oldest architectural monument in Rijeka.

"Palazzo":
Not far from the Old Gate, we find the Palazzo, the old town hall, which was the heart of the administrative life from 1532 until 1838.

Adamic House:
The straight row of buildings on the west side of the Fiumara Street was built two centuries ago. Among these buildings, the Adamic House is the most valuable from a historical standpoint. It was connected to a very influential family that has left its mark on Rijeka up to the present. Simeon Adamic, a merchant and real estate owner, grew immensely rich between the time of his arrival in Rijeka and 1785. The common people believed he had a supernatural benefactor who helped him in carrying out his daring undertakings. This web of mystery became even more entangled when he discovered an archaeological find, while repairing the floor of the chapel on his estate in Martinscica. The imagination of the people turned this into a "buried treasure". Envious persons informed the authorities that he had failed to report his find and he was, thus, sent to prison. His son, Andrija Ljudevit managed to have him released, with the help of the Emperor Joseph II. As his way of taking revenge against the people who falsely testified, he erected 14 stone pillars along the sidewalk in front of his new elegant house on the Rjecina River. These 14 stone pillars carried the busts of these fourteen people, so that everyone could see who they were.

Source:Grad Rijeka

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