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Villa by the Archduke Joseph
The Archduke Joseph's villa, also known as the Villa Giuseppe, originated from the beginning of the 18th century, but it became more important after the reconstruction in 1894 and 1895, performed by Pietro Culotti and his son Rafaelo from Rijeka. After the arrival of the Archduke Joseph, the villa was reconstructed so it transformed from a classicistic single-storey building into an exemplary historicistic realization with influences of neo-Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo and neo-Gothicism. The r ...
Corner House Bačić
The corner house Bačić, today the Hotel Continental, was built in 1888 according to the project by the architect Mate Glavan from Sušak. The then mayor of Sušak Hinko Bačić engaged Glavan for the construction of the famous building at the very entrance into the city from the Lujzinska road, on a turf along the Rječina river. A monumental edifice was built with characteristics of historicistic style modelled after the buildings from throughout the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. By ope ...
Workhouse by the Branchetta brothers
The workhouse by the Branchetta brothers, or today's building of the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, was a project by Giulio Salvadore. The construction started at the beginning of the 20th century when the Branchetta brothers, rich hat traders in Rijeka, offered a designated donation in the amount of 460000 crowns for the construction of a modern workhouse, accepted by the City representatives on 18 December 1903. Land with the surface of about 34000 m² including the surrounding area, on t ...
Theatre Fenice
The Theatre Fenice was built in 1914 at the site of the former open theatre, according to the conceptual design by Eugenio Caligei, partially altered by Theodor Träxler. Owing to the war and the lack of financial support, the conceptual design of a cultural centre (building of a theatre, casino, concert hall) was reduced to only a modern theatre whose load-bearing structure is made of reinforced concrete. The theatre could take two thousand viewers, and consists of the floor, the gallery ...