Regular visitors to this blog will be familiar with the series of images entitled ‘Croatian Miscellany’ which I began posting last month. Well, for reasons which will become apparent further down this page, they have now gained their own ‘home’, which you can find at croatianmiscellany.wordpress.com. Croatian Miscellany will be an ongoing and very personal …
Sculpture of the Croatian poet, writer and politician Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949), in Zelengaj. Zagreb, December 2007 Nazor was born on the island of Brač (a lovely place), the folk legends of which informed one of his best-known works, Pastir Loda (‘Loda the Shepherd’). During the Second World War he joined the Partisans, and was later …
Fragment of a 1st-2nd century AD Medusa found near Umag, now in the Temple of Jupiter in Pula. Istria, May 2012. Photo # Rudolf Abraham. No unauthorized use.
St Jacob’s cathedral (Sv Jakov), a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the finest Renaissance building in Croatia, built between 1431 and 1535 by the architects Juraj Dalmatinac and Nikola Firentinac. Sibenik, September 2010. Photo © Rudolf Abraham. No unauthorized use.
Man selling wooden toys on Dolac, Zagreb’s main market, June 2009 Photo © Rudolf Abraham. No unauthorized use.