{"id":30351,"date":"2026-03-23T15:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/?post_type=exhibition&p=30351"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:23:22","slug":"gospodarstvo-ribarstvo","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/en\/exhibition\/records-of-togetherness-and-intimacy\/gospodarstvo-ribarstvo\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishing, maritime, and river navigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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RIJEKA
Sailing boats on the Dead Cana<\/em>l
<\/strong>The oldest port in Rijeka was formed on a part of the old bed of river Rje\u010dina, colloquially called the Dead Canal. Around the time this photo was taken, Rijeka, after being connected with the rest of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy by rail in 1873, got a new modern port. Nevertheless, the Rje\u010dina riverbed remains a port for smaller ships and sailing ships. Wine and olive oil delivered from the Kvarner Islands and Dalmatia were unloaded there, the sails dried and the crew rested. In the hinterland of the old harbor you can see Su\u0161ak with the Trsat castle, which stands out for its rich cultural history.

Hubert Vaffier, 1892. (Mission scientifique et artistique \u2013 Autriche\u2013Hongrie, Grece. 1892.)<\/em>

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of the Conservation Department in Rijeka<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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RIJEKA<\/strong>
View of the city at the end of the first quarter of the 20th century with the port in the foreground

Vladimir Horvat, 1925.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of the Conservation Department in Rijeka
<\/strong>Inv. No. 6171, neg. I-2390<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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OSIJEK (administrative-economic center of Slavonia, eastern part of Croatia)
View of the city on the Drava
<\/strong>Captured from the promenade along the right bank of the Drava, where several ships are anchored tied to cleats, which are actually deeply buried former cannons of Osijek’s baroque fortress. The town is dominated by the high neo-Gothic tower of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul (the cathedral, built at the very end of the 19th century), and to the right of the cathedral complex you can see the chimneys of the \u0160eper family brewery, founded in 1856. At the time the photo was taken, the dominant view of Osijek’s coastal promenade, the Hotel Osijek, built in 1977 on the coast next to the Winter Harbor, was still missing.

Unidentified author, 50s of the 20th century

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of the Conservation Department in Osijek<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u0160IBENIK (Northern Dalmatia)
Dolac<\/em>
The Dolac area, formed in the medieval period as a suburb of the city with stone houses and a small church of St. Cross around the harbour, mandra\u010da, has been inhabited since ancient times by fishermen and heavy workers who spoke the Chakavian dialect of the Croatian language, which remained in use here until the 60s of the 20th century.<\/strong>

Unidentified author, probably late 19th century.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of the Conservation Department in Split<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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SELCE <\/strong>
(Crikvenica, The northern part of the Croatian coast)<\/strong>
Net dryers on a small jetty in harmony with the vastness of the sea

A. Mihatovi\u0107, 1973.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of the Conservation Department in Rijeka
<\/strong>Inv. No. 72127, neg. I-45547<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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BABAC (islet in the area of the town of Biograd on the sea, about two kilometers from the island of Pa\u0161man)
<\/strong>The area with the ruined chapel of St. Andrew, the patron saint of fishermen and sailors, and the woven fisherman’s traps in the foreground.
On the islet, which is still unusually attractive to adventure tourists, there are the remains of the complex of the fortified Renaissance summer house of the de Soppe family (16th century), which, with its pronounced defensive role, represents an exceptional example of 16th century country architecture on the Zadar archipelago. Near the de Soppa complex is the chapel of St. Andrew, which, although it was built several centuries before the summer house, becomes an integral part of it, as evidenced by the family coat of arms built on its facade.

Ksenija Raduli\u0107, 1965.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of the Conservation Department in Zadar
<\/strong>Inv. No. 6387, neg. 1891C<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ILOK (the easternmost town in Croatia)
View of the town from the Danube
<\/strong>View from the Danube\u2019s shore, where fishing nets are drying, toward the old part of the town with the Church of St. John of Capistrano (mid-14th century, restored at the beginning of the 20th century) and the Odescalchi Castle (built in the 18th century on the foundations of the old castle of Nikola of Ilok from the 15th century). Due to its layered history and picturesque setting, Ilok is often referred to as the \u201cLittle Dubrovnik\u201d or the \u201cDubrovnik of the East.\u201d

Nino Vrani\u0107, 1956.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
Inv. No. 20156, neg. I-C-161<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DUBROVNIK
Detail of the city port
<\/strong>In front of the fortress of St. Ivan or colloquially the Fortress “of the Wharf” (built in 1346) is the Ka\u0161e breakwater (built in 1487) as a temporary fishing habitat

Nino Vrani\u0107, 1958.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage
<\/strong>Inv. No. 51707<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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KOPA\u010cEVO (Bilje, Baranja, eastern part of Croatia)
<\/strong>Alas, a fisherman from the Danube at his daily work

Nino Vrani\u0107, 1984.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage
<\/strong>Inv. No. 20156, neg. II-14933<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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OLIB (Zadar archipelago)
<\/strong>Drying octopuses

Miljenko Domjan, 1975.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of the Conservation Department in Zadar
<\/strong>Inv. No. 21231, neg. 6896A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ISTRA (West coast, Pore\u010d?)
<\/strong>Good catch and good demand. Like on Good Friday or Christmas Eve

Unidentified author, 20s or 30s of the 20th century

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of the Conservation Department in Rijeka<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fishing, maritime, and river navigation have been an integral part of human life since time immemorial, so it is no surprise that they are captured in old black-and-white conservation photographs with a hint of sepia. Beyond documenting the traditional activities of this economic sector, they continue to play a role in modern economic life, possessing a notable potential for societal development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29490,"parent":30342,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/?post_type=exhibition&p=27981"},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"acf":{"featured":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/30351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibition"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/30342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}