The residential building of the Oil Factory

address: Street Milutin Barač
Period: Historicism, Modernism
Kind: Immovable material heritage
Century: 19
Year:
Purpose: residential

The former house of Giovanni Ciotta was built in the second half of the 19th century as a country house of the owner of the nearby Sugar Refinery. When the Sugar Refinery collapsed, the house became Giovanni Ciotta’s private villa. From the 1880s onwards, it had a residential function within the complex of the Rice Mill. After World War I, it became a workers’ home (dopolavoro) within the framework of the Oil Refinery. During all that time, it underwent a series of reconstructions on the north side, while the south facade was substantially purified from historicist decorations by using elements of Modernism.

Valorization:

The administrative building is the only part of the refinery still being used, while the rest of the complex is not in function. A large part of the plant still contains the machines in situ.