Croatian cultural heritage - Business - Hrvatska turistička zajednica

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Due to its extremely strategic position, it was ruled over
by various rulers of ancient times, like the Venetians, the
Habsburgs, the French, Hungarians and Italians and between
the two wars, it was even divided between Italy and
the former Yugoslavia.
The most monumental buildings in Rijeka are tied to the
second half of the 19th century, when it became the main
port of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. A big port with
administration buildings (17), the Modello Palace (23) and
the governor's palace, as magnificent on the outside (19) as
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