Ulica Stjepana Radića
Ulica Stjepana Radića
Današnja ulica Stjepana Radića u Metkoviću nastala je sredinom 19. stoljeća, s obje strane prometnice Mostar – Metković, istočno od Plokate, današnjeg Trga kralja Tomislava. Nastanak ove ulice ujedno označuje i prostorno širenje grada u podnožje brda Predolac čiji su nositelji bili imućnije metkovske obitelji koje su se uglavnom bavile trgovinom i drugim djelatnostima vezanima uz luku. Radi se o kamenim masivnim zdanjima koja su obično u prizemlju imala poslovne prostore za trgovačke i ugostiteljske objekte dok je na gornjim etažama bio stambeni prostor koji je uglavnom bio uređen prema tadašnjem građanskom stilu. Iako su građevine u ovoj ulici svojim oblikovanjem dijelom slijedile modele tradicijske arhitekture, oblikovanjem njihova pročelja te jednostavnim historicističkim i secesijskim ukrasima, obično oko prozora, odlikuje ih suvremenost. Najznačajniji su primjeri kuće Gluščević, Karković, Spajić, te Mandrapa, imajući osobine arhitekture iz vremena prijelaza iz 19. u 20. stoljeće. Kuća Mandrapa je u drugoj polovici 20. stoljeća bila poznata kao Zgrada ujedinjenih naroda jer su u njoj živjeli pripadnici različitih naroda, a značajna je zbog svog bogatog secesijsko-historicističkog ukrasa pročelja koji čine medaljoni sa ženskim glavama i putima, lavljim glavama, maskeronima te florealni ukras, a potječe s prijelaza 19. u 20. stoljeće.
Stjepan Radić Street
Today’s Stjepan Radić Street in Metković was created in mid-19th century, on both sides of the Mostar – Metković road, to the east of Plokata, today’s King Tomislav Square. The emergence of this street also marks the special expansion of the town into the foothills of the Predolac whose holders were the wealthier families in Metković dealing mostly in trade and other activities connected to the port. These are massive stone buildings that usually had business space in the ground floor for commercial and hospitality facilities, such as cafés and inns, while on the upper floors there was residential space that was mostly organised according to the then patrician style. Even though the structures in this street with their form partly followed the models of traditional architecture, in shaping their fronts and through simple secessionist ornaments, they are distinguished by modernity usually around the windows. The most significant are the examples of the houses Karković, Spajić, Gluščević and Mandrapa, having the features of the architecture from the times of the transition from the 19th into the 20th century. In the second half of the 20th century, the Mandrapa house was known as the United Nations building because members of different nations used to live there; it is important for its rich secessionist and historicist ornaments, in the front comprised of medallions with women’s heads and putti, lion heads, mascheroni and floral ornaments, dating from the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.