Male Civil School
address: 6 Barčićeva StreetPeriod: Historicism
Kind: Immovable material heritage
Century: 19
Year: 1887
Purpose: educational
The construction of the Male Civil School started in 1886 according to the designs by Giacomo Zamatti, and the school opened at the beginning of 1888.
Zamattio designed the palace in high Renaissance style with a cupola on the corner tower connecting the south and west façade, thus making an excellent use of the lot. The main entrance is located in the corner tower, where the vestibule is also situated, while the floor contains an auditorium and a ceremonial hall. The vestibule leads to a luxurious historicistic staircase which connects all the parts of the building. All hallway windows overlook the enclosed schoolyard. The historical elements were particularly emphasized by Luigi Canti’s relief details with floral, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic elements.
At the beginning, the classes were held in nine classrooms, besides which the students had at their disposal an auditorium, a drawing room and a classroom for physics and chemistry, which ranked the school among the most modern male civil schools at the time.
Today the building contains the Italian Secondary School.
Valorization:
The building is not included in the Register in the List of Protected Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia.
Bibliography:
Glavočić, Daina, Arhitektura historicizma u Rijeci: 1845. – 1900.: arhitektura i urbanizam, MMSU, Rijeka, 2001.
Lozzi Barković, Julija, Arhitektura historicizma u Hrvatskom primorju i Istri, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb, 2000.
Matejčić, Radmila, Kako čitati grad, Izdavački centar Rijeka, Rijeka, 1990.
