Torpedo factory was opened in 1853. Upon the arrival of Robert Whitehead in 1874, the factory was renamed to Silurificio Whitehead, and later Robert Whitehead & Co. It was the first torpedo factory in the world and it modernized the arms industry. There were crafted ship engines and submarines as well. Today warehouses and workshops of the Torpedo factory are conserved and preserved.
The first mention of the castle dates back to 1558. The castle is a single-floor edifice with a square floor plan, corner towers and an...
Robert Whitehead's palace is named the “Venice House” because of architectural associations to the Venetian Gothics. It was built in 1888. The palace is located...
Galeb was originally a merchant ship, then a school ship of the Yugoslav Navy, and finally residence of former Yugoslav President -Josip Broz Tito. Ship...
This former Pavlin monastery, built near the mouth of the Dubračina River and located next to a medieval church at the very center of Crikvenica,...
Remnants of the Žakalj Mill built in the mid-19th century are located in the canyon of the Rječina River beneath the place called Orehovica....
Built in the late 19th century, modernized on several occasions (the last modernisation took place after WWII), located on Milutin Barač Street, also known as...
