Old Town Rijeka

Rijeka is a town with a good deep water harbor that has made the town strategically important. It's history is first recorded in the 1st century during the Roman period.
The 1st picture is taken from the Trsat Castle (see another post) and looks over the city and old town to Kvarner Bay off the Adriatic Sea.
The 2nd picture is not a camera trick. The tower is leaning. It dates to the 14th century and is built of materials taken from the old Roman baths that existed on the site.
The 3rd picture is of an excavation of the old Ronan settlement, and the 4th picture is the old Ronan arch that is the only city gate structure remaining from that period.
The 5th picture is in the atrium of the former governor's palace, now a city museum. The last picture is of the old town at night with the fountain at the end of Korzo, the main pedestrian street through the old town.Leggi altro