At the recently held general annual assembly of the Reseau Art Nouveau Network (RANN) in Brussels, Rijeka was, as the very first Croatian city, accepted as a member of this international network gathering cities with a rich art nouveau heritage.
 
Art nouveau (or secession as it is called in Croatia) is an extremely attractive heritage, and one of the ideas of the Rijeka city administration is to introduce a tourist route offering to interested visitors a tour of the city's most significant art nouveau locations.

Rijeka is among the leading cities as far as the documentation and valorisation of art nouveau records are concerned, but it still has a lot to do when it comes to protecting conserving and presenting its art nouveau architectural heritage.

At the general assembly, other city candidates included Palermo Budapest, Varesa, Vienna and Lodz, and Rije was unanimously accepted into membership.

For its initiative to join the international network of art nouveau cities, Rijeka received support the Primorje-Gorski kotar County and the Ministry of Culture.

Ministry of Culture
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