Female Eight-Grade Civil School
address: 1 Dolac StreetPeriod: Historicism
Kind: Immovable material heritage
Century: 19
Year: 1887
Purpose: cultural
Female Eight-Grade Civil School was built in 1887 according to the project by the architect Giaccomo Zamatti. According to his idea, and because of the difference in height, on the north side the building is a two-storey building with high ground floor, while on the east and west sides it is a three-storey building.
In 1902, Giovanni Rubinich with his alterations provided the building with its today’s appearance, lengthening it by five window axes.
The building is characterized by three visible façades with two entry portals and seventeen window axes on the north façade. The emphasis of the main façade lies on the central avant-corps of the second floor with its rich decorations. Besides its size, the school was also very well equipped, according to the high Italian standards for school institutions.
At the end of the Second World War, the building was damaged in bombing. It was restored in the 1950s by reconstruction according to the original project, for the needs of the library (University Library) and the museum-gallery activities (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art).
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, Publishing Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, 1990.
Pustišek, Deborah, Giovanni Rubinich, City Museum of Rijeka, Rijeka, 2014.
