GRADITELJSKA OSTAVŠTINA ITALIJANA CORDIGNANO I CANDOTTI U TUZLI
ARCHITECTURAL INHERITANCE FORM THE ITALIANS CORDIGANO AND CANDOTT IN TUZLA TOWN

Summary/Abstract: Cordignano and Candotti are Italians in origin civil engineering entrepreneurs who designed and built significant number of government and private building in Tuzla during Austria Hungarian empire. The buildings are built in romantic and neoromansa stiles, and represent the grandeur of ornaments and new living styles initiated by appearance of Austria-Hungarian empire in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Tuzla was considered as the center of North-east Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the locality closest to the empire's border towards Serbia. This causes intensive movement of citizens from the Europe, the parts of the Monarchy, and among them masters for construction and civil engineering works. Those masters were invited to build buildings for various purposes, for government and citizens needs. Established construction company “Cordignano and Candotti”, owned by Tuzla civil engineering entrepreneurs Cordignano and Candotti, was imposed by their quality and speedy dynamics of works. Their presence in Tuzla they remarked by designing and building Grand gymnasium in Donja Tuzla (Tuzla), County post office, Catholic church, Trade academy – school, and a number of building for combined business and private purposes. They upgrade the monastery in Plehan near Derventa, build own family houses, and houses for important persons in Tuzla during that time.

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