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The Fountain Helios and Selena, work of the sculptor Hans Rathaustsky from 1889, is placed in the central Opatija park, vis-a-vis hotel Imperial and in the vicinity of the Church of St. James.
The fountain is designed in neo-Baroque style and that fits to Biedermaier, Secession and Historicism, the architectural styles which are dominant in the older hotels and villas in Opatija. Leave a Comment
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The Church of St. James, along with the Benedictine Abbey, represents the very beginning of the town. The church and the monastery with their initial Latin name "Abbatia Sancti Jacobi ad Palum", have historical significance because the settlement was named by translating the first word, ABBATIA = OPATIJA. Leave a Comment
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The roots of the tourist industry in Opatija date back to the 1840, when H. Scarpa, merchant from Rijeka, had the Villa Angiolina built, named after his vife. Very soon the villa became a place to go to for he people of Rijeka and the occasional residence of the owner's friends.
The Croatian Vice-Roy Josip Jelacic and Austrian Empress Anna Maria di Savoia were among the first guests to reside in the villa Angiolina.
Vila Amelia is located in the park, right next to the Vila Angiolina. Leave a Comment
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Opatija's parks contain about three hundred species of trees and plants that a legally protected as horticultural monuments. Among them, Japanese Camelia (Camelia japonica) became the symbol of Opatija.
This is giant American agava which can be seen on the the main promenade, right next to the Slatina beach. Leave a Comment Address: Ulica Marshala Tita
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Opatija is a combination of natural forest and maintained park landscape. The park trees, flowerbeds, promenades and resting-places have a beneficial effect on the respiratory organs, the vascular system and the general sense of well-being.
The Angiolina and Sv. Jakov parks were laid out between 1845 and 1860, and represent a harmonious intermigling of exotic and indigenous species of trees. Leave a Comment
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The Art Pavillion, which is located right next to the hotel Kvarner, bears the name of Juraj Matija Sporer, who advocated the program of turning Opatija into a "sea balnearium" and a winter resort.
The most prominent promotors of that idea were: Higinij Scarpa, the director of Southern Railroad Friedrich Julius Shueller, the Viennese physician Leopold Ritter von Schroetter, Viennese surgeon Theodor Billroth and Max Joseph Oertel, the founder of the sanatorium in Opatija. Leave a Comment
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Girl with a seagull, which is placed near the Art Pavillion on Lungomare, is one of the most famous landmarks of Opatija. Actually, the real name of the monument, made by Zvonko Car in 1956, is "Salute to the sea", but locals called it simply Girl with a segull. Leave a Comment Address: Lungomare
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In the flourishing vegetation along the sea shore, near Saint Jacob' church, Iginio Scarpa, a merchant and patrician of Rijeka, built a villa in 1844 suraunded by a flower garden and park. He named it Villa Angiolina in honour of his wife. The hospitable marreid couple opened wide the doors of their summer house. The first «real» tourists began coming to St. Jacob's Abbey. This marked the begining of Opatija's tourist development.
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It was built in phases.
The first, northern phase of the path (Volosko-Slatina) was completed in 1889, when Opatija officially becomes a Health Resort ,the stretch from Dražice to the port was finished around 1888 and the southernmost section (that connected Opatija with the promenade in Lovran) only around 1911.
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This nice villa was built in 1844 and completely renovated in 2000. Its first owner was Iginio Scarpa; a wealthy merchant from Rijeka. He gave the villa the name of his deceased wife.
The ground floor of the villa is open to visitors. It is a large room with beautiful paintings on the ceiling.
Around Villa Angiolina there is a park with about 159 plant species. There you'll see banana trees, bamboos and also various palms. Leave a Comment Directions: Villa Angelina is situated near the Lungomare.
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Viktora Cara Emina 6, Opatija - Grand
Viktora Cara Emina 6, Opatija - Astoria Design
Ulica Marsala Tita 174, Opatija - Hotel Belvedere
I. Kaline 7, Opatija - Hotel Opatija
V. Gortanov Trg 2/1, Opatija - Grand Hotel Adriatic
M Tita 200, Opatija - Opatija Hotel
V. Gortanov Trg 2/1, Opatija - Millenium
Marsala Tita 109, Opatija - Admiral Hotel
M Tita 139, Opatija - Hotel Residenz
M Tita 133, Opatija - Bristol
Ulica Marsala Tita 108, Opatija - HOTEL AMBASADOR
Feliksa Persica 1, Opatija
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