At the southern end of the Blok Centar stands the Monument to Defenders, a corten steel installation erected to pay tribute to Croatian soldiers who fought in the 1991 war. High plates form seven openings or gates, each with an increasing amount of space between them. Seen from a distance, the monu [...]

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Standing at the centre of Tvrđa’s Austrianate main square is the so-called Plague Column (Zavjetni stup), a curious Baroque pillar topped by a swarm of cherubic angels borne on billowing clouds. It was erected in 1729 by the widow of Habsburg General Petraschi to give thanks for the garrison’s deli [...]

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