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Trsat

Trsat (Italian: Tersatto, Latin: Tarsatica) is part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia, with a historic castle or fortress in a strategic location and several historic churches, in one of which the Croatian noble Prince Vuk Krsto Frankopan is buried. Trsat is a steep hill, 138 m high, rising over the gorge of the Rječina river, about a kilometre away from the sea; strategically significant from the earliest times right up to the 17th century, it is today a major Christian pilgrimage centre and home to a statue of Pope John Paul II who came to Trsat as a Pilgrim in 2003.[1] Today, the University of Rijeka's newly constructed campus lies in the western part of Trsat.

Education[edit]

University of Rijeka campus[edit]

In 2003, construction of the University of Rijeka's new Trsat campus began on the site of a former army barracks on the western edge of the district, bordering the nearby district of Vežica, encompassing departments and faculties which were previously scattered around the city of Rijeka.[9] Opening in 2008, the campus now includes the Faculties of Applied Arts, Philosophy, Informatics, Mathematics and Civil Engineering, along with the Departments of Biotechnology and Physics.

Primary education[edit]

Trsat contains two primary schools (Osnovne škole): OŠ "Trsat", near the Church of Our Lady of Trsat, and OŠ "Vladimir Gortan", near the University of Rijeka campus.

Old muzzle-loading gun at Trsat Castle

Old muzzle-loading gun at Trsat Castle

Basilisk statue in courtyard

Basilisk statue in courtyard

Students socialising at the Student Centre on the university campus

Students socialising at the Student Centre on the university campus

Venetian lion near entrance

Venetian lion near entrance

Kvarner

Adriatic

at Kvarner.hr

Kvarner Cultural History

at Croatia.org

Votive chapel of gifts at Mary's Trsat sanctuary near Rijeka

Archived 2009-04-29 at the Wayback Machine at Rijeka.hr, the official website of Rijeka

Rijeka, Trsat Webcam