Living the city we work in: Community Center Rojc

In the series of texts "Living the city we work in" we will present the most interesting places in our town, as well as the people who inspire us. Pula and the entire Istrian peninsula are destinations that many people who are able to travel and work find pleasant to live in. We will try to describe why.

At the very beginning, we decided on the Community Center Rojc. The place, built during the Austro-Hungarian rule over Pula, as a naval school, in the future and with changes in various regimes, continued to serve a military purpose. The name of this place is after Karl Rudolf Rojc, a soldier from the Second World War. He died in battle in 1942 in defense of the partisan hospital with 23 comrades, and in 1951 he was proclaimed a national hero. He never visited Pula.

This "lost" space in the city center has escaped the fate of many similar public spaces, which have been turned into private spaces due to the commercial policy of public authorities.

Today it's a place where 106 civil society organizations in the fields of culture, sports, psychosocial care and health, children and youth, care for people with special needs, environmental protection, technical culture, national minorities, and other live and work activities. These diverse associations are a successful example of cooperation between city government and civil society organizations. The corridors of Rojc look like a large gallery because more than 4,000 m2 were painted by people of goodwill. The total area of the building is 16,739 m2.

There is no content that you can not find here, but perhaps it is enough to say that you will already hear the sounds of instruments and rehearsals as you approach the building. In the skate park across the parkin line, you can see roller skaters and other stunt lovers. For years, a group of them called Broskva has been active and especially interesting, consisting of veterans as they call themselves today and new talented hopes. Those guys are showing us every day that rollerblading is a lifestyle and not just a short phase. They are not stopped by fractures or injuries.

But in case you have a broken home appliance or a piece of furniture, there is also a Re-Gepetto repair shop here. Or you can just wander the hallways and choose something from the remaining hundred or so contents.

Photos made by Elvis Malagić and Vili Paoletić

What you can do without traveling, with one click is to hear what kind of music is listened to on the radio Rojc: http://radio.rojc.eu/radio-ledu-320mp3/.

Let's not forget the face of this place, Batman the cat.

Enjoy Pula.