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Trsat (
History
In the time before the
In the 16th century, Trsat was more often in Habsburg than in
Trsat was an extremely patriotic Croatian town, and, together with Sušak, demonstrated its attachment to its mother country at every opportunity, and its independence from Rijeka, which was part of Hungary. The centre of political and cultural life in Trsat was the Croatian Reading Room, founded in 1877, with many cultural, educational and sports societies. Many memorial inscriptions and monuments bear witness to the resistance by the people of Trsat and Sušak to Italian and German occupation, a mortuary made according to plans by the architect Zdenko Sila and Zdenko Kolacio being outstanding.
Important Sites
Trsat Castle
Trsat Castle stands on the site of an old Roman fortress and was built in the first half of the 13th century by the
The Shrine of Our Lady of Trsat
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The Shrine of Our Lady of Trsat (
A new artistic contribution to the church was made by Vladimir Kirin (1894–1963), with five pictures on the greenish marble slabs with which the shrine is lined, and another by Ivo Režek (1898–1979) who portrayed the 14 stations of the cross in fresco technique. One of the guardians of the Trsat monastery was the outstanding
The Trsat stairway
The Trsat stairway begins on the banks of the Rječina, beside a bank building, and leads up to the plateau at 138 m above sea level. There are 561 steps in all, and they were built for pilgrims on their way to the votive church. Work was started on them in 1531 by Petar Kružić, hero of battles against the Turks, who built the lower part of the stairway, later expanded to 538 steps.[7] The Baroque entrance hall in the form of a triumphal arch was built in the first half of the 18th century, and the votive chapels on the level ground near the church by the steps, between the 15th and 18th centuries, one chapel each century.
Education
University of Rijeka campus
In 2003, construction of the University of Rijeka's new Trsat campus began on the site of a former army barracks on the western edge of the district, bordering the nearby district of Vežica, encompassing departments and faculties which were previously scattered around the city of Rijeka.[9] Opening in 2008, the campus now includes the Faculties of Applied Arts, Philosophy, Informatics, Mathematics and Civil Engineering, along with the Departments of Biotechnology and Physics.
Primary education
Trsat contains two primary schools (Osnovne škole): OŠ "Trsat", near the Church of Our Lady of Trsat, and OŠ "Vladimir Gortan", near the University of Rijeka campus.
Gallery
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Old muzzle-loading gun at Trsat Castle -
Basilisk statue in courtyard -
Students socialising at the Student Centre on the university campus -
Venetian lion near entrance
See also
- Kvarner
- Adriatic
References
- ^ Novosti i Najave – Cardinal Bozanić unveiled a monument to John Paul II in Trsat. Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine at Vlada.hr (in Croatian)
- ISBN 953-178-097-8
- ^ ISBN 1-74104-916-4
- ISBN 1-4067-7535-5
- ^ Paola Frankopan,Trsatska Sveta Kuča, Zagreb, 2003.
- ISBN 978-0-7661-7861-8.
- ^ ISBN 1-74104-475-8
- ISBN 86-7071-056-0
- ^ Ožanić, Nevenka; Hiro, Mirna (2010). "Sveučilišni kampus u Rijeci na Trsatu" (PDF). Građevinar. 62: 5.
External links
- Kvarner Cultural History at Kvarner.hr
- Votive chapel of gifts at Mary's Trsat sanctuary near Rijeka at Croatia.org
- Rijeka, Trsat Webcam Archived 2009-04-29 at the Wayback Machine at Rijeka.hr, the official website of Rijeka
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