View of Gornji grad (‘Upper town’) from the top of Lotrscak tower, with the spire of St Cyril and Methodius in the foreground (Greek Orthodox) and the iconic St Mark’s in the background. Zagreb, September 2010 Photo © Rudolf Abraham. No unauthorized use.
Statue of the Croatian poet Antun Gustav Matos by Ivan Kozaric, Zagreb, April 2009 Zagreb has some wonderful outdoor sculpture, and this one of Matos is probably the best-known, with people regularly turning up to have their photograph taken here, or to just sit on the bench with him. Sometimes it’s hard to tell who’s …
Some more images of the street art project in Dugave, Zagreb. Mural by UK street artist Phlegm. Another mural by Phlegm, beside work by Croatian artist Sretan Bor. Croatian street artist Miron Milic in front of a mural by Puma 34. Mural by the duo Janaundjs. The Dugave murals (2011) were the second project undertaken …
A few shots from earlier today, spent looking at street art in Zagreb’s Dugave neighbourhood and talking to street artists Miron Milic (aka Bezum), Mario Kolaric (aka Sretan Bor) and Emilija Radojicic (aka EmaEmaEma), as part of an article for hidden europe. Large carpet by Bosnian artist Esh. One of several paintings at Dugave by …
Just before my most recent visit to Lonjsko polje, Croatia’s greatest wetland landscape, in early October 2010 (for a Hidden Europe article), the area around Zagreb and Sisak and along the river Sava had recently been subjected to some of the worst floods in more than a quarter of a century. The floodplains of Lonjsko …