title: Church of St. Nicholas, Rijeka
text: # Church of St. Nicholas, Rijeka
  
  The Church of St. Nicholas (Serbo-Croatian: Crkva svetog Nikole / Црква светог Николе) is a Serbian Orthodox church in Rijeka, Croatia. The church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas. The building of the church was completed in 1790.
  
  ## History
  
  The church was designed by local architect Ignazio Hencke in 1787 year and was built in 1790 using money of Orthodox Serbs who fled the Ottoman Empire and settled in Fiume (Rijeka) city in 1768. At the same time urban local authorities hindered the construction. The church kept numerous icons from monasteries in Bosnia and Vojvodina.
  
  Rijeka has a notable Serb minority (6.57% in 2011, 11,24% in 1991), while the Serb-inhabited villages of Milaši and Moravice (Gorski kotar) historically gravitated towards Rijeka.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Fiume port in 1923. The Saint Nicolas Church in the center.
  * Inside the Church.
  