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https://doi.org/10.21857/y54jofv1xm
The Real Estate of the Augustine Monastery of Saint Jerome in the City and District of Rijeka and Urban Topography in the 15th and the 16th Centuries
Ozren Kosanović
orcid.org/0000-0003-3972-4826
; Matulji, Hrvatska
Sažetak
First part of this paper enumerates the real estate in the possession of the Augustine
monastery of Saint Jerome in the city of Rijeka, i.e. within the fortified Old Town (Stari
grad). These were ruins of houses, houses, and various land-lots positioned around the
main city square, the quarters of Saint Barbara, Saint Maria, Saint Vitus, Saint Sebastian,
and Saint Jerome. The monastery gave ruins of houses to various individuals to
rent for money; these tenants were obliged to build houses in which they intended to live
for the time regulated by the contract. It seems that the monastery had no obligation to
compensate the expenses of these investments when the rent expired. The rents were not
particularly high. Because of this, there was no compensation for tenants in such houses.
It is speculated that the ruins of the houses that the monastery gave to tenants at the
beginning of the 16th century were in such a condition as a consequence of fire and the
Venetian conquest of the city from 1508 to 1512. The second part of paper enumerates
the real estate of the monastery within the district of Rijeka, i.e. in the areas of Školjić,
Zeniković, Kozala, Goljak, Zvir, Saint Catherine, Rečina, Grohovo, Škurinje, Plase,
Rečice, Ponsal, Saint Cecilia, Brajda, Beli Kamik, Saint Andrew, and Jezero. There were
numerous gardens, olive groves, vineyards, pastures, and watermills. Tenants did not
pay large amounts of money or they paid handsomely in agricultural products (wine,
olive oil, etc.) from these real estates. Nevertheless, it is emphasized that the majority
of these tenants were prominent city citizens (members of council and judges), who by
their status did not depend for their living on these possessions. A second group of tenants
were those with a lesser status in society, people who lived from their work on the
monastery land, and were by their status exploited to a certain extent.
Ključne riječi
Augustine monastery of St. Jerome in Rijeka; real estate; city and district of Rijeka; 15th century; 16th century.
Hrčak ID:
295665
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Datum izdavanja:
13.3.2023.
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