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Paladinić Summer Palace on St. Stephen I, Pope and Martyr Square in Hvar
Ivo Štambuk
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Owing to the Hvar architect Vicko Kovačević, who drafted the existing and proposed state of the Paladinić summer palace for the physician Dr. Dominik Gazzari in 1867, the appearance of the main southern façade and the building’s floor plans before its renovation in 1870 are known today. This draft, recopied by J. S. Ugoljkov in Mostar in 1925, is located in the Hvar Heritage Museum in Hvar.
The southern façade from the late 15th century is asymmetrical, despite the three symmetrically placed window openings. All openings on the façade are arranged within a square grid. The main portal is not aligned with the façade’s axis. Instead, its axis is at the apex of an equilateral triangle whose side equals the height of the façade at the eastern end of the grid. The ground floor is 6 grid units high, the first floor 5, and the second floor 4 grid units. Equilateral triangles are inscribed in the floor plan. Due to the fact that there is a draft of the southern façade’s appearance from the late 15th century and its proportions, it is possible to reconstruct its earlier state.
Paladinić had no heirs, so the buildings were inherited by his nieces, the Grisogono sisters from Zadar. In 1617, they rented out both palaces—the winter and summer ones—for use as a hospital. In 1621, the Venetian army occupied the buildings, prompting the Grisogono sisters to sue and win the dispute. By 1716, the summer palace was owned by the Zeni family. They rented the western part of the ground floor to a pharmacy and the eastern part to timber merchants from Rijeka. The upper floors were used for residential purposes.
The Bučić family owned the palace in 1780 and opened a casino on the ground floor. In 1795, they converted the space into a café, which operated until the building’s renovation in 1870.
Physician Dr. Dominik Gazzari obtained permission to renovate the building, demolishing the entire southern façade and internal walls along with their foundations, while preserving the northern wall and extensions north of it. The ground-floor spaces became shops, and the first floor was rented to the city administration for offices. When Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph visited Hvar with his entourage in 1875, he stayed on the second floor of the palace.
Today, the western part of the ground floor is a pharmacy, while the eastern part is a shop. On the first floor there is a clinic with doctors’ and dentists’ offices. The second floor has been converted into two apartments. On the southern side of the roof, a small skylight has been added, while on the northern side, four larger skylights have been installed, one of which provides access to a newly built terrace above the staircase.
Ključne riječi
Hvar; Summer Palace Paladinić in Hvar; Winter Palace Paladinić in Hvar; All Saints Church in Hvar; proportions of an equilateral triangle
Hrčak ID:
337398
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Datum izdavanja:
1.10.2025.
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