Original scientific paper
The Dubrovnik Period of Nikola Niseteo, Architect and Engineer
Vinicije B. Lupis
; Državni arhiv, Dubrovnik
Abstract
The architect and engineer Nikola Niseteo (1809-1890) worked for almost 40 years in various district building offices all over Dalmatia. He studied in Padua, and spent his entire working age as a district engineer. He designed, in classicist style, the Dubrovnik Theater (never constructed), and the church of St. Mihovil at Kliševo. He was involved in reconstruction and renovation of many parish churches and rectories. He tried his hand also at bridge building, by constructing a bridge over the Kuparica creek in the Rijeka Dubrovačka. His project documentation of the five Franciscan monasteries on the territory of the Dubrovnik Franciscan Province in 1842 has been an undertaking uniquely precious for preservation of monuments service. Niseteo was distinguished by a fine sense of function and measure in his urban design activities in Dalmatian cities from Kotor to Zadar. He can be definitely placed among interesting Dalmatian personalities of the second and third quarter of the 19 century.
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166737
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Publication date:
15.12.2003.
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