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The Governor’s Palace

The Governor was a representative of the Hungarian crown who was sent to boss people around in Rijeka after a deal of 1868 known as the “Rijeka Patch”, which meant Rijeka came under the authority of Budapest. Read_on (No Comments)

The Municipal Palace

Next to St Jerome’s Church once stood a large Augustinian monastery. When the Augustinians ceased to exist, in 1833 the city authorities began to take over the buildings for use by the local government of the growing city. Read_on (No Comments)

The Jadran Building

This grand old dame occupying prime position on the waterfront is the headquarters of Jadrolinija – yup, those ferries you see in the harbour there. Read_on (No Comments)

The Judicial Palace

Sometimes translated as the Palace of Justice, which sounds like some evil forum in space presided over by Darth Vader. It looks Read_on (No Comments)

The Modello Building

The Modello Building
A highly decorative building, built in 1885 by Austrian architects Fellner and Helmer, at the same time as, and as part of the same project as the National Theatre, in the style of the Viennese Ring. Read_on (No Comments)

The Palazzo

This relatively modest, baroque building served as the Town Hall from 1532, until Rijeka’s expansion demanded the city authorities move to the Municipium. Read_on (No Comments)