Author/Editor		Škrobonja, A
Title		Potres u Rijeci 1750. u djelima suvremenika kroničara, liječnika i slikara
Translated title		The earthquake at Rijeka in 1750 in contemporary works of chronists, doctors and painters
Type		članek
Source		In: Zupanič-Slavec Z, editor. Zbornik referatov Medicinski in socialni pogledi na ljubljanski potres 1895. Ob 50-letnici Inštituta za zgodovino medicine in 100-letnici bolnišnice na Zaloški cesti v Ljubljani; 1995 apr 20-21; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Inštitut za zgodovino medicine,
Publication year		1995
Volume		str. 169-75
Language		cro
Abstract		The article reports on the earthquake in Rijeka (1750). Descriptions of devastation in the city and suffering of the citizens are based on the written records, preserved in the archives of parish church and Franciscan's monastery in Trsat, as well as, Jesuit's college at Rijeka. The second part reports on the engagement of doctor Ksaver Graziani from Rijeka in taking care of his co-citizens at the time of the earthquake. Graziani also introduced several antiepidemic measures and thus, in spite of unfavorable weather, he managed to avoid the autburst of epidemics. His experiences were described in two chapters of his book "De usu mercurii" published in 1755. Follows the description of the altar of vows and the alter piece painted by Valentin Metzinger that grateful citizens consecrated to St. Phillip Neri - the protector from the earthquakes, in the gathering church (1753). The painting shows the city and the alarmed citizens at he time of the earthquake, beneath, there are Phillip Neri and St. Giles kneeling in their prayer to St. Marry, asking her to protect the city from further disasters. After the earthquake the houses were repaired, the walls damaged at the earthquake were demolished, the city was growing beyond the old mediaeval framework, the harbor grew bigger, new riads were built and Rijeka was becoming a significant European port, at the Adriatic, as well as, Mediterranean.
Descriptors		NATURAL DISASTERS MANUSCRIPTS MUSEUMS