Rural Ensemble of the Hamlet of Andrejići, Rukavac

Andrejići is a hamlet near Rukavac, in the municipality of Matulji in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The rural ensemble dates from the period from the 18th to the 19th century, and is interesting as a record of how hard it is to preserve the traditional image of a village through the decades.

In not quite forty years after its entry in the Register the hamlet has largely lost its original appearance. Massive farm buildings of the older type have been inappropriately altered, and some stand neglected or ruined, without a roof and plant covering. The multi-room residential houses, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, have mostly lost their local features through unsuitable renovations, like Kate's house. Traditional building can still occasionally be seen, for example in Grdin's house with a tornica and Antišovica's skadanj.

A protected cultural property, entered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the code RRI-0316-1972.

Data: Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia (Ministry of Culture and Media), Open Licence.