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art historian, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy
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ARCHITECTURE OF BELGRADE REUNIONA PALACE
Journal 9/2013 (Museum of Applied Art), pages 127-139
UDC:
725(497.11)
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Abstract (original language):
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Summary:
The palace of Riounione Adriatica di Sicurta (Adriatic Insurance Society) from Trieste, better known as Reuniona or Istra in local jargon, is the most distinguished of all tall, spatially dominant and having a complex layout buildings built in Belgrade city centre between the two World Wars. Built at the corner of Obili?ev Venac and ?ika-Ljubina Street between September 1929 and April 1931, it has dominated the north-west end of the most important Belgrade square for eight decades, diminishing the visual supremacy of the older independent buildings. Inadequate in size for the free space surrounding the statue of Prince Mihailo, it forever changed the broader compositional hierarchy of the scattered and unfinished urban space by introducing new height relations. Although undoubtedly oversized and lacking stylistic harmony with the older buildings, products of a different, much more conservative time, due to its many attributes Reuniona represented an innovative urban phenomenon which changed the visual identity of the greater unity of the scattered square.
Future more extensive research of the architectural genesis of Reuniona palace, based on more extensive analysis of its original interior design and structural system, as well as documentation that could be beneficial in shedding some light on the identity of its authors, shall immensely contribute to present, mainly modest and incomplete, conclusions. Apart from the initiative shown by our experts, the participation of historiographers from Croatia and Italy is of a paramount importance for this challenging endeavour.
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