1750 Rijeka earthquake

1750 Rijeka earthquake yes around 9 PM (UTC+1) 1750 11 28 Unknown Unknown 45 19 12 N 14 26 24 E The 1750 Rijeka earthquake (hr Riječki potres 1750., Potres u Rijeci 1750.) was a devastating earthquake that struck the city of Rijeka and its wider surroundings on November 28, 1750, at around 9 PM (UTC+1), with a series of periodic aftershocks until December 17.Moravček Goran http://fluminensia.org/potres-1750-promijenio-lice-rijeke Potres 1750. promijenio lice Rijeke The 1750 earthquake (that) changed the face of Rijeka hr fluminesia.org 28 November 2012 12 November 2025 22 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210122211356/http://fluminensia.org/potres-1750-promijenio-lice-rijeke dead The earthquake completely changed the face of the city, which, through comprehensive reconstruction, grew into the maritime and port center of the Croatian Littoral, as well as the Croatian part of the Northern Adriatic. The earthquake damaged the City Tower, the old city hall,Puhmajer Petar Majer Jurišić Krasanka Stara gradska vijećnica u Rijeci: povijest sjedišta gradske vlasti od najranijih zapisa do 19. stoljeća The old city hall in Rijeka: the history of the seat of city government from the earliest records to the 19th century Radovi Instituta za povijest umjetnosti hr 42 74 https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/216417 and Trsat Castle, as well as the Churches of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rijeka, St. Roch, St. Three Kings, St. George on Trsat, St. Jerome, Jesuit building and Benedictine monastery, as well as houses of the noble families Peri, Minoli, Zanchi and others. Empress Maria Theresa approved funds for the renovation of the Old Town and the construction of the New Town of Rijeka on 3 November 1753.Miličević Vesna Priča o kravati The Story of the Cravat Knjižničar/Knjižničarka: e-časopis Knjižničarskog društva Rijeka 9 9 115–116 References Category:18th-century earthquakes Category:History of Rijeka Category:Earthquakes in Croatia