Rijeka What to see in Rijeka

Municipal Palace
Stendarac - the city flagpole
Church of St. Jerome

The traditional sightseeing tour of Rijeka begins on Rijeka Resolution Square at the south-west end of the Old Town, dominated by the Baroque church facade of the once Augustinian, and now Dominican monastery of St Jerome. The monastery was founded in the 14th century as an endowment of the feudal masters of Rijeka. Its church acted as a shrine and mausoleum for Rijeka's noblemen. Despite the significant alterations made to it in the late Baroque period, the most important of which are attributed to the naturalised Rijeka architect A. Verneda, traces of earlier constructions, especially late-Gothic, can still be seen on its exterior and interior walls. Among these, the polygonal sanctuary, a chapel with a cross-ribbed vault, and the two-storey cloister, still waiting to be restored to its former splendour, are particularly worth noting. The prior of the monastery at the end of the 16th century was the famous cartographer I. Klobučarić. Important items of the church inventory include the main altar, which was the work of the sculptor A. Michelazzi, and the central Baroque altarpiece with its view of Rijeka. The cloister houses sepulchral slabs of the feudal captains of Rijeka, governors who administered Rijeka on behalf of its masters. The Augustinian monastery ceased to exist as a result of the edict of Joseph II abolishing the order. The monastery was subsequently re-established as a Dominican one, but on a far smaller scale. A majority of the north and west wing monastery buildings were appropriated by the municipality of Rijeka in the first half of the 19th century to be used as the new seat of local government. In the second half of the 19th century, the most important interventions in their structure were carried out following the designs of the architect F. Bazarig, who adorned the facade of the then seat of the city government, the Municipum, in the Neoclassical style. In accordance with the tradition established in the not-so-distant 19th century, and following the design of the architect I. Emili, the city flagpole, dating from the early 16th century, was placed on a high base and erected on the square. It was originally probably situated on the square in front of the site of the oldest known City Hall, today's Koblerov Square. The flagpole bears a relief of St. Vitus, patron saint of Rijeka, represented as a young gentleman in patrician's clothes. In his right hand, the saint is holding a palm, a symbol of martyrdom, and in his left hand a model of the city.

RIJEKA ASTRONOMY CENTRE

Location: Sveti Križ Hill (45° 19’ 29’’ latitude N and 14° 28’ 59’’ longitude E), 3 km from the city centre. Area: 545 m2 of closed space and 325 m2 of open space.
Built by: 5 architects, 160 workers and 12 technical engineers.

Ticket reservations and advance sales:
- Rijeka Astronomy Centre Information Office Rijeka, Sveti Križ 33, Rijeka, tel:051/455 700 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting051/455 700 (15 minutes before the start of the presentation)
- Tourist Information Centre, Korzo 33a Rijeka, tel: 051/335 882
- www.kulturaplus.com
- automatic ticket machine on the Korzo

Group bookings should be pre-arranged between 17:00 and 18:00 by phone: 051 455 700 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting051 455 700.
Planetarium tickets cost 20 kn for adults and 10 kn for children, students and pensioners.
Opening hours for the public: presentations are held Tuesday to Saturday at 19:00 and 21:00.

Specific features:
- the largest technological culture project in Croatia
- the only European astronomy centre reachable by city bus routes
- the nearest similar centres are in Milan and Vienna

SACRAL COLLECTIONS

TREASURY AND GALLERY OF THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF TRSAT
Frankopanski trg 12
tel: 452-900

SACRAL COLLECTION OF ST VITUS' CATHEDRAL
Trg Grivica 11
tel: 330-879

MAŽURANIĆ-BRLIĆ-RUŽIĆ MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND COLLECTION
Pećine 5
Visits by arrangement on 091/512-7254

MUSEUMS

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF RIJEKA

Muzejski trg 1/1

tel: 336-711

MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART

RIJEKA GALLERY OF MODERN ART

Dolac 1/ II