Architectural contrasts, Rijeka
As ever with Rijeka, this is a scene of mixed, complex, histories. The house in front was built by the English engineer and entrepreneur, Robert Whitehead, who along with a retired Italian officer from the Habsburg army, Ivan Luppis, invented the torpedo. On the right is the Italian secondary school. On the left, a branch of the Croatia tax office (amongst other things) in what looks like a late-Yugoslav style building. I would guess that this was built because whatever building was there was destroyed in World War II, when Rijeka was extensively bombed.
Architectural contrasts, Rijeka
As ever with Rijeka, this is a scene of mixed, complex, histories. The house in front was built by the English engineer and entrepreneur, Robert Whitehead, who along with a retired Italian officer from the Habsburg army, Ivan Luppis, invented the torpedo. On the right is the Italian secondary school. On the left, a branch of the Croatia tax office (amongst other things) in what looks like a late-Yugoslav style building. I would guess that this was built because whatever building was there was destroyed in World War II, when Rijeka was extensively bombed.