We got out to Zagorge, the countryside of Zagreb, today. Our first stop was a museum with
the works of the sculptor Antun Augustincic. He’d
studied with Rodin in Paris. His later
works are more his own style; he liked to show the human form. many of which
were torsos only to display the human body without making it a portrait of
anyone in particular.
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| I liked the power in this female figure. |
He did, however, sculpt busts and statues of major political figures, including Tito and his wife.
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| Pieta |
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| Equestrian statue portraying Peace as a female figure |
We then visited Tito's birthplace, the village of Kumrovec. Unlike many "historic villages", this one included buildings on their original sites, not brought in from elsewhere. We visited the house where he lived as a child and also another house with memorabilia. People who are still hoping for a unified Yugoslavia still consider Tito a hero.
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| This picture was among he family photos on the farm in Karanac. It shows the husband with his sister when they were small children, with Tito's picture in the background. |
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| Thatched roof detail. They need rebuilding every 30 years or so, |
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| Handmade toys |
Lunch was in the restaurant Gresna Gorica (Sinful hill) at the top of hill. The name came from a legend about a pair of star-crossed lovers.
When we returned I walked back to
the Old Town again and explored the section near the Cathedral. I found Indian and Sri Lankan restaurants,
which seem to be rare in this area, but passed them up in favor of a lighter
lunch from the grocery store.
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