Church of St. Nicholas, Rijeka explained

Saint Nicholas Church
Fullname:Crkva svetog Nikole
Црква светог Николе
Dedication:Saint Nicholas
Denomination:Serbian Orthodox
Style:Classical
Founded Date:1790
Archdiocese:Eparchy of Upper Karlovac
Country:Croatia
Location:Rijeka

The Church of St. Nicholas (Crkva svetog Nikole / Црква светог Николе) is a Serbian Orthodox church in Rijeka, Croatia. The church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas. The building of the church was completed in 1790.[1]

History

The church was designed by local architect Ignazio Hencke in 1787 year and was built in 1790 using money of Orthodox Serbs who fled the Ottoman Empire and settled in Fiume (Rijeka) city in 1768. At the same time urban local authorities hindered the construction. The church kept numerous icons from monasteries in Bosnia and Vojvodina.[2]

Rijeka has a notable Serb minority (6.57% in 2011, 11,24% in 1991), while the Serb-inhabited villages of Milaši and Moravice (Gorski kotar) historically gravitated towards Rijeka.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grad Rijeka - Što posjetiti . Rijeka.hr . 2012-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002085744/http://www.rijeka.hr/Default.aspx?sec=781 . 2013-10-02 . dead .
  2. Web site: Достопримечательности Риеки. 2013-03-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002085744/http://www.rijeka.hr/Default.aspx?sec=781. 2013-10-02. dead.