Sights Opatija, Kvarner & Imperial Hote Lungomore, Park Angiolina & Summer Stage

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Sights Opatija : visite and explore the beauty of Opatija

Artistic pavilion
	Artistic pavilion "Juraj Matija Sporer" - This exhibition got its name after the doctor Juraj Matija Šporer, who in 1859 first suggested turning Opatija into a sea resort and natural sanatorium.

Church of Mary’s Annunciatio
	Church of Mary’s Annunciation - For this neo Romanic church with three naves the ground stone was placed by Franjo Nagl, bishop of Trieste, in 1906, but the arrival of Austria postponed further building by the blueprints of Karla Seidla. The Italians continued building the church with the stone from Kastav, and for the inner decoration they used paintings of the Slovenian master Kralj.

Croatian walk of fame
	Croatian walk of fame - The first eight stars were set on the promenade Slatina. Opatija accepted and realized the idea to put the stars of famous people along the promenade. Doctor Amir Muzur, mayor of Opatija, accepted and signed a contract which supports the creation of the stars. First stars were reviled on March the 18th. One of the proud star owners are: Ivo Robić, Janica Kostelić, Dražen Petrović, Krešimir Ćosić, Oliver Dragojević, Miroslav Krleža, Dragutin Tadijanović, Miroslav Radman i Nikola Tesla.

Girl with the seagull
	Girl with the seagull - On a cape in front of the former graveyard one girl made of stone reaches her hand out to a seagull. This is, however a newer sculpture made by sculptor Car, and it was set on this place in 1956 and it became one of the symbols of Opatija. Up till then, on that same place stood the statue of "Madonna del Mare" by Rathausky from Graz till it was thrown to the sea during a horrible storm.

Imperial Hotel
	Imperial Hotel was the second hotel built in Opatija. As soon as it was obvious that Kvarner won’t be able to accommodate all the visitors, the Southern Railways Society started building a new hotel, opened in 1885 and named after the Austrian throne heiress Stephanie (who appeared at the opening with her husband). Architect Wilhelm offered the gusts all the luxury that time could offer, from central heating to a pool, and later a cinema which was connected hallways.

Julius Schuller monument
	Julius Schuller monument - Friedrich Julius Schuller was the managing director of the Southern Railways Society, which bought "Villa Angiolina", built Kvarner Hotel, its dependences, as well as other hotels and resorts. He is considered the creator of Opatija as a modern tourist resort.

Kvarner Hotel
	Kvarner Hotel is the first hotel built in Opatija and most probably the first built on the eastern coast of Adriatic. It was built in 1884 in only ten months on the grounds formally occupied by family Tomasic’s wine yards. Behind the initiative and investment was non other than Friedrich Julius Schuller, the managing director of the Southern Railways Society, and the main architects were Wilhelm and Meese. Northern part of the hotel used to have warm baths, connected to the hotel by a covered hallway.

Lungomare
	Lungomare (Coastal promenade) - Built in stages, this promenade stretches from Preluk to Lovran in total length of 12 kilometers. The initiator of this project was the Society for environmental beauty, but the project managers had problems with purchase of the land and numerous disputes were settled by the authority of the regional captain Jettmar. First, northern stage (Volosko- Slatina) was ended in 1889, when Opatija officially became a health resort and the south stage (from Opatija to Lovran) not earlier than 1911.

Madonna
	Madonna - On a cape in front of the former graveyard one girl made of stone reaches her hand out to a seagull. This is, however a newer sculpture made by sculptor Car, and it was set on this place in 1956 and it became one of the symbols of Opatija. Up till then, on that same place stood the statue of "Madonna del Mare" by Rathausky from Graz till it was thrown to the sea during a horrible storm. "Madonna" was places there to watch over the soul of the count Arthur Kesselstadt, who went missing not far from that cape during a storm in 1891.

Park Angiolina
	Park Angiolina - Villa Angiolina - In the historical documents we find information about the creation of the park from 1845 till 1860 nearby villa "Angiolina" the property Iginio Scarpa, great nature lover. Many of the plants were brought to the garden from Far East, South America, Australia and other parts of the world. Central park in Opatija is a horticultural monument on the surface of 3.64 ha. Within there are 150 plant species. Many of them originate from far parts of the world and aren’t typical for this part of the world.

Saint Jacob’s church
	Saint Jacob’s church - Built most likely in 1420ies, as a colony of Benedictine refugees from the Furlan monastery, to this day the church has kept very little of its original appearance: in 1506 father Simon built of rebuilt the church, as it says on the inscription over the entrance; at the end of XVIII century it was thoroughly renovated and in 1930ies significantly expanded. The church keeps the replica of one of Mestrovic’s reliefs. In XIX century this was the home of the first school in Opatija.

Summer stage
	Summer stage - Here, where today films are shown, should have stood a huge “sanatorium palace” with ball and concert rooms, pool with artificial waves, shops and cafés. The realization of this project was stopped by the beginning of the World war I, and the new owners, the Italians, used the foundations to create a beach (today’s Lido) and for the tennis courts, subsequently turned into a stage where European operetta festivals with famous names like Kálmána and Lehára took place.

Villa Amalia
	Villa Amalia - Built in 1890 as a dependence of the six years older Hotel Kvarner, just behind the cold baths complex and on the place of once very popular wooden secession bathing place that burnt down, villa Amalia was intended for the pickiest guests who wanted to distance themselves from the rest of the hotel clientele. One of the most famous residents of villa Amalia were the Romanian royal couple Karol and Elisabeth (alias Carmen Sylva), the founders of the forest promenade, the German imperial family.