Author: Davorka Medved

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Activities Without Borders The history of Drenov

Revealed memorial plaque to Ivo Grohovac

Ivo Grohovac memorial plaque

On June 21, 2021, in Oktavijana Valića Street, a memorial plaque was discovered on the house where he lived and died Ivo Grohovac. He was born on this day 146 years ago in Grohovo. He was a poet and publicist who at the time of Italianization and Hungarianization fought passionately for the use of the local, Croatian language and local Chakavian speech in Rijeka and its surroundings. During his short life (he died at the age of 39 from the effects of tuberculosis) he published three collections of poems, as well as numerous articles in the Riječka glasnik, Riječka novine and Riječka nova list, in which he published under the pseudonym Tik-tak in the section Negda i sada.

Association Without Borders keeps the memory of Ivo Grohovac, and cooperates with the descendants of the Grohovac family, especially with Mrs. Stella Maček Grohovac and Mrs. Sylvie Remillard. The family financed the construction and installation of the panel on the entrance wall in front of the house at today's address Oktavijana Valića 29 in Rijeka. Today, this house is occupied by the Portner family whose courtesy is placed a plaque at the entrance to the courtyard of the house. In order to get this information about the present address of the former house of Ivo Grohovac, a real little research was conducted. Our valuable members Vesna Lukanović and Christian Grailach were helped by Mladen Urem, Head of the Archives Reading Room Department of the State Archives in Rijeka, as well as Dragica Fadljević, Director of the Department of Local Self-Government of the Department of City Self-Government and Administration of the City of Rijeka. Thank you all!

At the beginning of the ceremony, Christian Grailach read a brief review of the life and work of Ivo Grohovac, and Vesna Lukanović read Grohovac's work on toponyms Belveder and Kozala, for which Grohovac offers old names. Thus Belveder is actually Vozrinj, and the area of today's Kozala carried a number of names, some of which have been maintained to this day in the names of the streets (Brašćine, Lukovići, etc.). On behalf of the City of Rijeka, the ceremony was attended by the Deputy Mayor, Mrs. Sandra Krpan, who, together with Mrs. Stela Maček Grohovac, unveiled a memorial plaque.

The event was accompanied by numerous journalistic teams, and you can see for yourself how it looked like:

Video from the discovery of the memorial plaque to Ivo Grohovac from Rijeka

After the ceremony, we headed to the old cemetery of Donja Drenova where Mrs. Maček Grohovac, accompanied by her daughter Jasmina and granddaughter, laid flowers on the grave of Ivo Grohovac and his family.

For more details on the life and work of Ivo Grohovac, see a short presentation prepared by Chistian Grailach:

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27 Neighborhoods Without Borders Dren ECOC 2020

Time capsule of 27 neighbourhoods handed over to the Opatija neighbourhood

Time Capsule 27 Neighborhoods

On October 15, 2020, the Opatija neighbourhood presented to the public its projects that they had as part of the 27 Neighbourhoods programme. On this occasion, we forwarded them a time capsule for the 22nd century, which has been in the Drenovo neighbourhood since 9 October. We have supplemented the capsule, like other neighborhoods, with our content, which is also a message for a finder from 2120. Davorka Medved handed over the capsule to the president of the association Žmergo Diani Kovačić on behalf of the Drenova neighbourhood and the two associations that are the holders of the program.

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Drenova Neighbourhood Day - Nature Day

Drain fruits

Drenova Neighborhood Days - Nature Day

The program started in the courtyard of the museum from where we went for a walk in the woods with our guests. We found several shrubs and trees of cornel, and some still had fruit on them. With the help of the iNaturalist mobile app, we recorded their position and photographed them. The data is stored in our “Cornellian Cherry Data Collection” project as part of which we will work on updating the data during the spring of next year.

We continued socializing in the museum. Professors from the Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka Ph.D. Željka Peršurić and Ph.D. Lara Saftić Martinović held presentations “In search of the superfruit of our region – the forgotten” drenjula “about the bioactive components of cornel (fruit and leaves) and the possibilities of introducing cornel into the diet and even through functional food. The brochure’ Cornel – ancient medicine, new research’.

We concluded the Nature Day with a lecture by Professor Boštjan Surina, a botanist from the Natural History Museum of Rijeka “Biodiversity of the Liburnian Karst”.

Nature Day

On the second day, Saturday, the program was dedicated to nature.

We started with the morning filming for the TV show "Good Morning Croatia" in which we briefly talked about the healing properties of drains, as well as about the Drina Cadastre project. And after that, we filmed a piece for KanalRi.

The afternoon part of the program began in the courtyard of the local museum, from where we went for a walk along the Drenov promenade with our guests. In the real forest landscape, we found more shrubs and drainage trees, and some even had fruits.

With the help of a mobile app iNaturalist (application and use of the application is free of charge) we recorded their position and photographed them. The data has been saved in our project “Cornellian Cherry Data Collection” where we will work on updating the data in the spring of next year.

Afternoon lectures

We continued in the museum. Professors from the Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka dr.sc. Željka Peršurić and dr.sc. Lara Saftić Martinović gave presentations “In search of the superfruit of our region – forgotten ‘dranjula’“ on the bioactive components of drains (fruit and leaf) and on the possibilities of introducing drains into the diet, including through functional food. A brochure was also presented “Dren – ancient medicine, new research“.

We concluded Nature Day with a lecture by Professor Boštjan Surina, botanist from the Natural History Museum Rijeka “Biodiversity of Liburnian karst“.

Recording of expert lectures held on Drenova

After the lecture, the gathering continued with liqueur and candy made of drains prepared by our Vesna.

Drain fruits
Drain products that we have had the opportunity to taste

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Drenova Neighbourhood Days - Culture Day

Neighborhood Day Drenova - Time capsule

Drenova Neighborhood Days – Culture Day

As part of the program of 27 neighborhoods of Rijeka ECOC 2020, our neighborhood divided its presentation into three units and three days from 9 to 11 October 2020.

Friday, October 9, 2020 Opening ceremony and Culture Day with a lecture and exhibition on the topic of feminism A Minority Being the Majority, presentation of the website zene.bezgranica.hr and a video on the same topic.

The program part of the evening started with a lecture by prof.dr.sc. Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, Rector of the University of Rijeka, who presented the factual situation and position of women in the 21st century through statistical indicators. She wondered, what could the dystopian scenario of the future bring us if current trends in gender inequality continue?

On behalf of the partner, Stephanie Manfroid from the partner organization Archives Mundaneum from Mons, Belgium, joined us through the online platform. She presented part of an exhibition of historical posters and documents on the subject of feminism. A review of the posters provides an insight into the position of women in Belgium from the early 20th century to the 1970s.

Damir Medved briefly presented our contribution to the exhibition – the website zene.bezgranica.hr. Our focus was on the current position of women, on the need to change attitudes and opportunities in society, but also on the feminism movement itself.

Opening ceremony

As part of the program of 27 neighbourhoods of Rijeka ECoC 2020, our neighborhood has divided its presentation into three units and three days from 9 to 11 October 2020.

Friday 9 October 2020 Opening ceremony and Culture Day with lecture and exhibition on the topic of feminism, presentation of the website The majority, and the majority and a video of the same name

The first day of the presentation took place in a new-normal atmosphere to which we are not accustomed but we have adapted technologically. The event was held without an audience that could only follow us through digital platforms.

The choir performed three songs for this occasion, but the performances were pre-recorded and played to the audience at the opening and online.

On behalf of the Drenova Neighborhood Vesna Lukanović She reminded us of our many years of participation in the Rijeka project ECOC 2020 which goes all the way to the program book for Rijeka's candidacy. She thanked all other stakeholders of the Rijeka 2020City project for their cooperation with an EU partner:  the Mundaneum Archives from Belgium Monsa, as well as other neighborhoods, among which the partnership with the neighboring Campus, i.e. the University of Rijeka, stands out.

Representative of Rijeka 2020 Programme Manager Emina Višnić In her welcome address, she emphasized that the enthusiasm of all those involved in the Rijeka ECoC project lasted over five years, for which the Dreno Neighborhood is a good example.

On behalf of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Sonja Šišić, Head of the Department for Culture, Sport and Technical Culture praised the idea of involving the community in the programmes of 27 neighbourhoods and connecting with European cities of all other 27 EU member states.

Mayor Vojko Obersnel In a short and inspiring speech, he touched on all segments of the work of both associations and wished us a successful continuation.

A time capsule that travels through all the neighborhoods and will be disposed of in a safe place with the desire to open it in 2120, she surrendered to us Ivana Pernat on behalf of the Fužine neighbourhood.

The majority, and the majority

The program part of the evening started with a lecture by prof.dr.sc. Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, Rector of the University of Rijeka, who presented to us through statistical indicators the factual situation and position of women in the 21st century. She wondered what he might bring us. dystopian scenario of the future Should current gender inequality trends continue?

On behalf of the partner, she joined us through the online platform Stephanie Manfroid from a partner organisation Archives Mundaneum Belgian Mons. She presented part of the exhibition of historical posters and documents on the topic of feminism from their rich holdings. An overview of the posters provides an insight into the situation of women in Belgium from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1970s. Damir Medved briefly presented our contribution to the exhibition - website zene.bezgranica.hr. Our focus was on today's position of women, on the need to change attitudes and opportunities in society, but also the feminism movement itself.

As part of this project, the Association Without Borders recorded a video “The majority, and the majority” where we talked to fellow citizens about the situation of women, which we looked at at at the end of the programme.

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27 Neighborhoods Living room Dren

Drunken Recipes 2 - Drenovska rolada

Drenovska roll 2

Drunken Recipes 2 - Drenovska rolada

When we cooked Drenjule marmalade, we can get on with making the Dren's reel. Like marmalade and rolls, it is conscious and healthy so it does not contain gluten. Take a look at what Vesna and Željko recorded this time.

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Drunken Recipes 1 - Drenovska marmalade

Are you interested in recipes with drenching? Let's start with marmalade.

Vesna and Željko Lukanović took the message seriously #Stay home, but they weren't idle. They made this short video. They showed us a recipe for jam from the Lukanović family treasury. As part of the project Gyroscope We had the opportunity to learn the basics of recording such short videos. As for the nap, We have listened to it many times. its nutritional value and the properties of the superfruit.

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27 Neighborhoods Activities Dren ECOC 2020 UNIRI

Campus and stockings love each other

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4 March 2020  in the neighborhood of the University Campus on the occasion of their Festival, and in cooperation with the Drenova neighbourhood, a quiz was held “In search of the super fruit of our region - forgotten drainage”.

Mixed marmalades called “Drenjula i društvo” are specially prepared as a reward for the winners of the quiz.

Thus continued the cooperation between the Department of Biotechnology of the University of Rijeka and the Dren Association, which has proven in the previous scientific research that it drained SUPER FRUIT.

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Visit of the Association 051 to our museum

051 on Drenova

On Saturday, November 30, 2019, we were visited by members of Rijeka Association 051, under the programme Daily staysk,  the Programming Route 27 Neighborhoods.

We presented our past and present projects, as well as the current exhibition Delete things that are coming. At 7 p.m. we watched a documentary together. Drunk Street.

The guests watched with interest everything we presented to them, which is not unusual for them because Association 051 For many years he has been engaged in collecting historical material, photographs, documents, but also stories and memories about our city and its surroundings. Valuable members present their materials on the website and forum http://croinfo.net/ as well as on the website and FB profile of the association http://www.udruga051.hr/  https://www.facebook.com/udruga.051/.

There are a lot of common topics that are dealt with by our associations. We cooperated in 2016 at the Museum Night when we presented some of the members' exhibits Association 051. These were pieces of military equipment and ammunition from World War II. We are also in the Proceedings published a short story by Vladimir Tonić, a member of this association. The story took place at Drenova, Veli vrh, but also at the address of our Heritage Museum, which at the time the story describes was an Italian customs office.

Visit of the association 051

A pleasant evening with dear guests ended in a conversation with the author of the screened film Drunken Street, Marin Lukanović.

They promised to visit us again.

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27 Neighborhoods ECOC 2020 Mundaneum

Drenova hosted a delegation from Mundaneum (Mons, Belgium)

Mundaneum_Drenova

From 13 to 15 November 2019, a delegation from Mons (Belgium) visited Rijeka and Drenova. The reason was the opening of the exhibition. Delete things that are coming u the Drenova Local Museum.

Neighborhood Drenova cooperates with Mundaneum from Mons through the program direction of 27 neighbourhoods of Rijeka ECoC 2020. Cooperation started in June 2019.

Jean-Paul Deplus is President of the Board of Directors and Stephanie Manfroid is Chief Archivist and Scientist the Mundaneum Bibliographical Archives.

This exhibition presents Mundenaum and the work of its founder Paul Otlet (1868-1944). Paul Otlet was an encyclopedist and internationalist who worked with Henri La Fontaine to collect the entire world's knowledge. He invented a method of mapping this vast amount of information. It was the UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) system that is still in use today. His invention is also a microfilm. In addition to Mundenaum, Otlet has also worked on other major and significant projects. He lived in the period of two world wars and wanted to build Cosmopolis (World City). It was to be the capital of the whole world, working for the good of humanity and world peace. This utopian project has never been accomplished.

The Mundaneum archive itself was founded in Brussels. Throughout the 20th century, it was often devastated and neglected. Since 1993, the archives have been housed in Mons (province of Wallonia) where they were presented to the public again in 1998. Mundaneum is popular to say that it was actually a paper Google, before this one we all know and use on the Internet.

The city of Mons, like our Rijeka, was the European Capital of Culture in 2015. Mundaneum was a significant backbone of their program.

With our guests we held an interesting and eventful program. On the first day after their arrival, they visited Rijeka City Museum And they talked to Principal Ervin Dubrovic. Afterwards, we visited the exhibition. The Martyr of D'Annunzio u the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral. We then took the guests for a tour of Trsat Castle.

At the exhibition of d'Annunzi's martyr

On the second day in the morning we visited the Delta headquarters Rijeka 2020 where our guests were received by Branka Cvjetičanin and briefly introduced them to the work of the entire organization and the program direction 27 Neighborhoods. Then we're in RiHubu had a meeting with director Emina Višinić and her associate Dorian Celecer. The meeting was held not only for the delegation from Mons and the Drenov neighbourhood, but also for the delegation from Finland, the city of Oulu. Oulu is a candidate city for the title of ECOC in 2026. Guests and hosts discussed their experiences in the European Capital of Culture project. Mons, who was the ECoC, Rijeka, which is just at the beginning of its 2020 year, and Oulu, a city that aspires and is preparing to become the European Capital of Culture in 2026. After the meeting, guests from Mons and Oulu were shown the Sugar Refinery Palace and work on the restoration of wall frescoes.

Mundaneum_RiHub

The exhibition was opened at 7 p.m. Delete things that are coming. Many guests attended this event. The Drenova singing choir sang songs Drenova i My favorite river. Introductory words were given by Branka Cvjetičanin, Jean-Paul Deplus, Stephanie Manfroid, Damir Medved, Irena Grdinić on behalf of PGC and Marko Filipović Deputy Mayor of the City of Rijeka. 

Sightseeing and socializing lasted until 9 p.m.

On Friday morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., a working meeting was held between the Neighborhood Drenova team and the Mons team. Indicative topics and dates for future events in which we will cooperate during 2020 have been agreed. At 13.30 we escorted our guests with Au revoir Because our cooperation is only at the beginning.

Mundaneum_Drenova

The experience of working with people from other countries and cultures enriches individuals and communities. Paul Otlet's efforts to build the utopian world of the future were driven by the idea that people should constantly acquire new knowledge. Once they get to know each other, they will no longer be driven by fear of the other and the different. We are afraid of what is unknown to us, and fear is the basis for the development of unjustified aggression towards others. Unfortunately, humanity still needs this lesson today, although the development of society and technology has provided unexpectedly great opportunities to spread our knowledge. However, we are witnessing that sometimes the processes are exactly the opposite. We close ourselves in our fences and do not want to find out new, different and sometimes opposing opinions because it is easier to live in a comfort zone. Technologies that Otlet sensed contours and significantly contributed to their development are often used to spread false information and lies. This is how ignorance and despondency are encouraged.

Learning doesn't mean learning facts by heart. Educating yourself means learning to recognize the signs that history repeats itself.

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Zajc under the stars on Drenova

Night under the stars
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Dreno's Sunday evening was brightened by soprano Lorena Krstić and pianist Stipe Bilić. In the courtyard of the Heritage Museum, surrounded by woods, we enjoyed listening to the music of the young duo.

The program was divided into five short sections. In three parts we listened to solo songs by Croatian authors. The first one featured Emil Cosseto, Vinko Glasnović, Krsto Odak and Milan Prebanda. The second unit was the first intermezzo in which Stipe Bilić performed Chopin's 2nd ballad in F major (Op.38). In the central part of the program Soprano Lorena Krstić sang two compositions by Dora Pejačević and one by Josip Hatze, Božidar Kunc and Blagoje Bersa. This was followed by another intermezzo in which Stipe Bilić performed Schubert's Impromptu in B major, D.935. At the end of this great musical evening, Lorena Krstić, accompanied by Stipe Bilić, sang songs Lastavicam and Ostavljena by Ivan pl. Zajc.

Even though the evening was called Zajc under the stars, it could be called in the spirit of today's times Stars under the stars For these young artists, this is not an exaggeration. The quality of their performances was convinced by about seventy present classical music lovers, as evidenced by the long-lasting sincere applause by the Drenov audience.

In addition to commending Lorena Krstić for excellent and attractive performances of all solo songs, we also highlight the valuable contribution of Stipe Bilić. The people of Drenovci have been convinced of its musicality, excellent performances and human qualities many times. Although he is a top musician, he is above all modest and self-sufficient. When he is at home on Drenova, he often plays accompaniment to the Drenova Singing Choir, especially during their performances in the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Thank you Stip and Lorena for an unforgettable evening!