Medicus, Vol. 16 No. 1_Dermatologija, 2007.
Review article
Saint Trinity Pharmacy: Lost Glamour of Art Nouveau in Zagreb
Stella Fatović-Ferenčić
Jasenka Ferber Bogdan
Abstract
We have based this research primarily on archival
sources aiming to reconstruct the chronology of ownership
of the Saint Trinity pharmacy in Zagreb, as well as to identify its
various locations in the past. We have identifi ed its locations at
Mesnička 4 and Ilica 42 which had been unknown so far. Special
attention was paid to the Art Nouveau style and the façade
decoration of the new pharmacy building constructed at Ilica 43
in 1899. The building was designed by a young architect Vjekoslav
Bastl (1872-1947), who at the time worked in the atelier of
the leading Zagreb architects Leo Hönigsberg and Julio Deutsch.
In the history of the Croatian architecture, this building is described
as an early example of modernism in Zagreb. As the
building still exists, and a part of its ground fl oor is still used as a
pharmacy, we showed the major changes in its original design,
and pointed out the necessity of its preservation as a valuable
part of the Croatian cultural and pharmaceutical heritage.
Keywords
Croatia; Zagreb; history of pharmacy; Saint Trinity pharmacy; chronology of ownership; architecture of Vjekoslav Bastl; Art Nouveau; Pečić family; Vouk family; 19th - 20th century; Zagreb cultural and architectural heritage
Hrčak ID:
23319
URI
Publication date:
25.1.2007.
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