Providur’s Palace in Zadar

General building information

Together with the Rector’s Palace, the Providur’s Palace is part of the “Two Palace Museum” in Zadar. Besides a large entrance and information hall, there are also teaching rooms, reading rooms, a cafeteria, a souvenir shop and the exhibition spaces themselves, multipurpose halls, offices and free spaces for workshops or the preparation of exhibitions.

The monumental building of the Providur’s Palace dominates the eastern part of the historic core of Zadar. Over the years, the palace has played home to the institutions of the civic administration. Together with the neighbouring Rector’s Palace, it is one of the only buildings in Zadar that was not destroyed in the Second World War. However, it has lost its architectural significance. The oldest part of the palace was built as early as 1607. Due to its extraordinary cultural and historical significance, the palace was added to the register of immovable cultural monuments of the Republic of Croatia in 1978.

Project information

As part of this project the Providur’s Palace was refurbished and restored to improve it in such a way that it can fulfil its status as an immovable cultural treasure. Thus, the basic requirements of the city of Zadar and the local inhabitants for exhibition areas and additional museum facilities can be covered. In total, 2,910 square metres of space in the Providur’s Palace were refurbished and renovated.

Why did the customer choose OBO products?

During the restoration of the palace, a wide range of different OBO products were used in the entire building complex. Of significance here was the good cooperation with the electrical planner and the construction company. Here, amongst other things, the RKS-Magic® cable tray, UDHOME floor sockets and Grip grouped supports were used.

What type of challenges occurred during construction?

In this project, a special challenge was in the reconstruction of the wooden intermediate ceiling structures, in which, on the one side, cable trays were to be installed on the ceiling and, on the other side, floor sockets were to be installed in the floor.