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The Lloyd Hotel in Rijeka, Marinetti's Hotel
Fiume is truly beautiful. Sad, tired, worn out, but still intriguing and fascinating, despite every corner, every alley, every forgotten or ignored building crying out for attention and help. To tell the truth, some, mainly used as restaurants/trattorias/fast-food, shops or offices, have been recovered and revalued. Many others, however, silently wait their turn, if it ever comes. As you pass by it is difficult to imagine them teeming with people circulating in their atriums, who stop to chat or read the paper in the elegant cafés, who get drunk on the Fiume air and don't want to leave. In fact, that's exactly how the...
The launch ramp of the former Fiume torpedo factory is reborn
There is hope for the former Silurificio structure, which urgently needs renovation Very little remains of the once deeply industrial soul of Rijeka. In fact, the only witnesses of that glorious past, now “dismantled”, are today its disused buildings. One of the most attractive subjects of this type is undoubtedly the launch ramp of the former Silurificio located in the former factory on today’s Milutin Barač Street (formerly Via dell’Industria), a complex registered in the National Register of Cultural Heritage which, unfortunately, due to incomprehensible neglect and a lack of attention over the decades, as well as the juggling of...
