Kuća Dominiković, općinska cisterna i zatvor
(Kuća Dominiković)
Kuća Dominiković, općinska cisterna i zatvor
(Kuća Dominiković)
Na mjestu gdje se stari težački dio Metkovića, koji se nalazio na padini brda Predolac, spuštao prema dolini i građanskom dijelu naselja nalazi se današnja ulica Oca Ante Gabrića. U njoj se početkom 19. stoljeća nalaze vrlo važne građevine za svako veće naselje, a ona je označavala i prostorno širenje naselja na prostor nekadašnjih poljoprivrednih površina. Jedna od takvih velikih i važnih građevina, i jedina u cijelosti sačuvana, jest kuća obitelji Dominiković, tj. Filipa Dominikovića koji je u drugoj polovici 19. stoljeća bio načelnik metkovske općine. Jednostavna troetažna kuća sa zatvorenim dvorištem na začelju slijedi oblik tradicijske arhitekture, a jedino skromna dekoracija fasade vuče tragove iz tadašnje secesijske arhitekture. Kuća obitelji Dominiković značajna je jer je u travnju 1875. godine, prilikom posjeta Dalmaciji pa tako i Metkoviću, austrougarski car Franjo Joisp I. u njoj prespavao. Ova je kuća bila najluksuznije opremljena kuća u Metkoviću i o tome svjedoči podatak da je imala dvanaest soba i dva salona, a u spomen na ovaj događaj, vlasnik kuće postavlja spomen-natpis koji je nakon raspada Austro-Ugraske Monarhije uništen. U produžetku ulice nalazila se i gradska cisterna za vodu, tj. gradska čatrnja koja je sagrađena 1843. godine. U znak zahvalnosti za gradnju ove važne građevine koja je osiguravala pitku vodu stanovnicima Metkovića, oni podižu spomen-ploču u čast Karlu Kempteru i Anđelu Vidoviću, načelniku općine, koja je i dandanas sačuvana i vidljiva na ostatcima cisterne. Zanimljivo je da je u razdoblju između dva svjetska rata u ostatcima cisterne bio zatvor.
Dominiković House, Municipal Cistern and Prison
At the place where the old menial part of Metković, located on the slope of the Predolac hill, descended towards the valley and the citizens’ part of the settlement, there is the today’s street of Father Ante Gabrić. At the beginning of the 19th century, in it there were very important structures for any larger settlement and it marked the physical expansion of the settlement to the area of former agricultural surfaces. One of such large and important structures, and the only one that was entirely preserved, is the house of the Dominikovićs, i.e. of Filip Dominiković who in the second half of the 19th century used to be the chief of the Metković municipality. A simple three-story house with a closed yard in the back follows the shape of the traditional architecture and only the modest decoration of the façade bears traces from the then secessionist architecture. The house of the Dominiković is significant because the Austro-Hungarian emperor Franz Joseph I slept in it when visiting Dalmatia and Metković in April 1875. This house was the most luxuriously equipped house in Metković, which is witnessed by the fact that it had twelve rooms and two salons; in memory of this event, the owner of the house placed a plaque that was destroyed after the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy fell apart. In the extension of the street, there used to be the town water cistern, i.e. the town tank built in 1843. As a sign of gratitude for the construction of this important facility that ensured drinking water for the inhabitants of Metković, they raised a plaque in honour of Karl Kempter and Anđel Vidović, the chief of the municipality; it has been preserved until today and is visible in the remnants of the cistern. It is interesting that, in the period between the two world wars, there used to be a prison in the remnants of the cistern.