Rijeka

Rijeka (Italian: [Fiume] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Hungarian: [Fiume] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Slovene: [Reka] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), German: [Sankt Veit am Flaum] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a city in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia. It is the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). About 128,000 people lived there in 2011.

Rijeka is on Kvarner Gulf, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea. Because of its port, the city was historically important. It was the Kingdom of Hungary's largest and most important port. Shipbuilding is an important part of the economy.

Rijeka Media

Rijeka seen from Veprinac
Aerial view of central Rijeka
The Roman arch (Rimski luk), the oldest architectural monument in Rijeka and an entrance to the old town
Trsat Castle lies at the exact spot of an ancient Illyrian and Roman fortress.
Rijeka and Trsat by Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1689)
Torpedo production in Rijeka, (1914 circa)
Residents of Rijeka cheering the arrival of Gabriele D'Annunzio and his Legionari in September 1919. The Italians claimed Fiume on the principle of self-determination, disregarding its mainly Slavic suburb of Susak.
10 Fiume krone provisional banknote (1920)
Location of the Free State of Fiume (1920–1924)
Altar of the city of Fiume at the Altare della Patria in Rome, Italy. Fiume was at the time a so-called "irredent land"

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