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MARIJA BISTRICA (Donja Stubica)
View of the Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a carousel in the foreground
<\/strong>Marija Bistrica is one of the most popular and frequently visited Marian shrines in Croatia. Each year, especially on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15, many pilgrims and visitors make their way to the site. The miraculous statue of Our Lady of Bistrica remained completely unharmed in the 1880 fire that destroyed much of the church except for the altar housing the statue of the Virgin. Following this unfortunate event, the church was rebuilt according to designs by architect Herman Boll\u00e9, during which it was significantly enlarged and enclosed by an architectural fence known as the cintura.
During pilgrimage days, a fair is held near the church featuring local crafts and handmade products, among which licitar hearts and traditional wooden toys stand out. Due to their originality and cultural value, these were inscribed in 2009 on UNESCO\u2019s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Naturally, amusement attractions such as carousels and other forms of entertainment are also present\u2014almost inevitably then as now, especially in times before tablets and PlayStations.

Vladimir Horvat, 1931.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage<\/strong>
Inv. No. 33034, neg. III-1183<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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GREDA (Sunja, Sisak, The Central part of Croatia)
<\/strong>View of the Posavina village with wooden houses with porches and a horse-drawn carriage

Nino Vrani\u0107, 1963.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage
<\/strong>Inv. No. 26827, neg. I-C-246<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ILOK<\/strong>
Donjogradska Street with conservators engaged in an informative conversation with the locals, while a cloud of dust rises from an approaching flock of geese.

Nino Vrani\u0107, 1956.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage<\/strong><\/strong>
Inv. No. 20376, neg. I-C-164<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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STRO\u0160INCI (\u017dupanja, eastern part of Croatia)
<\/strong>A view of a Slavonian Posavina village at dusk with a flock of geese

Nino Vrani\u0107, 1961.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage<\/strong>
Inv. No. 23563, neg. I-A-209<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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POGANOVCI (Na\u0161ice, Slavonia, eastern part of Croatia)
<\/strong>Romani caravan on a road made of broken stone, cobblestones

Nino Vrani\u0107, 1958.<\/strong>

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage
Inv. No. 19621, neg. I-B-154<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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BISTRA\u010c (Sisak, Banovina, The Central part of Croatia)<\/strong>
Lonely washerwoman at Ti\u0161ina, a branch of the Sava River
Have you ever thought – or maybe you are thinking at the moment when you look at this idyllic photo – what was the life of women before the construction of the water network and before the washing machines began to be used in the middle of the last century, although at first only in urban areas? Most people, especially housewives, consider the invention of the washing machine to be the most important invention among household appliances.
Today, it is difficult for many to imagine that women once washed clothes at city fountains, at public brick laundromats, at laundromats along the seashore by springs of sweet ode, at larger natural ponds and puddles, or at rivers and their backwaters, and even on streams. Washing clothes on the rivers was widespread throughout ourcountry, but also much, much wider. When washing clothes on the river, women used a board with which they would go a little deeper into the water. They would wash laundry by rubbing it against a wooden trough, later also against a metal plate, riflja\u010da, and by hitting it with a wooden board, pralka. This painstaking work would take all day, so women often did it in groups and in conversation.

Nino Vrani\u0107, 1973.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage
<\/strong>Inv. No. 36810, neg. II-9734<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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BATANYA (Eastern Croatian plain)
<\/strong>Vigil over the sleeping master

Nino Vrani\u0107, 1984.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage
<\/strong>Nino Vrani\u0107’s legacy
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VODICE (\u0106i\u0107arija, northern part of Istria, towards the border with the Republic of Slovenia)
<\/strong>Departure of the flock of sheep to pasture
The main economic branch of the population of Vodice until the end of the 19th century was animal husbandry, both sheep and cattle breeding. At that time, sheep were counted in groups of forty sheep. Some households in the village used to have forty kvarnari each, or one thousand and six hunderd sheep. Back then, everything came down to the kvarnari and in the village there would often be discussions about how many kvarni has who, one, two or three?” In the 20th century, the population began to turn more and more to the production of charcoal. Today, in the 21st century, only one family in the area of \u0106i\u0107arija, the Zlati\u0107 family, is interested in sheep farming. They own one hundred and twenty sheep, that is, three kvarnari of the protected autochthonous Istrian sheep breed, and they mostly sell their products on their doorstep.

<\/em>VINKO MALINARI\u0106, 1975.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of the Conservation Department in Rijeka
<\/strong>Inv. No. 63066, neg. I-37263<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PREDO\u0160\u0106ICA (northern part of the island of Cres)
<\/strong>In the interior of the island, halfway between the town of Cres and the port of Porozina, is the beautiful town of Predo\u0161\u0107ica with a picturesque approach road surrounded by dry stone walls, fruit trees in bloom, once distinguished estates and the church of St. Blasius. In 1969, when this photo was taken, the stagnation of the place had already begun because the local school closed its doors in 1962.

VINKO MALINARI\u0106, 1969.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of the Conservation Department in Rijeka
<\/strong>Inv. No. 27007, neg. II-8859<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DOLAC (Po\u017eega, Slavonia, eastern part of Croatia)
<\/strong>Locals pose for the distinguished professor and photographer in their everyday surroundings
In the foreground is a well na \u0111eram (a forked pole on which a long pole with a weight on the back and a bucket on the front is placed for easier extraction of water from the well), and in the background u\u0161oreno selo (a village organized along a straight path and road).

prof. Julije Kempf, 20th century

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of the Conservation Department in Osijek
<\/strong>Neg. 52530B<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LUKAVEC (Velika Gorica)<\/strong>
Fortress-castle, detail with children
A group of children poses in front of a baroque portal with a coat of arms. The portal is part of a baroque castle, built in the middle of the 18th century on the site of a wooden fort, that served to defend Turopolje nobility during the Ottoman invasion of Croatian territories.

Unidentified author, 30’s year of the 20th century

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of the Conservation Department in Zagreb
<\/strong>Inv. No. 5918<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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VOLARICA (Ostrovica Li\u010dka, Gospi\u0107, Lika)
<\/strong>Chapel of St. John the Baptist
Under the medieval fortress of Ostrovica Li\u010dka, in a narrow valley between two hills, there is a stone village chapel, most likely built in the 13th or 14th century, when the fortress itself was built. The chapel is probably based on the site of an older chapel of the former old Croatian settlement. Not far from the church is a source of living water, called the Kov\u010deg, which never dries up. In the course of history, in this area marked by the rule of the princes Disislavi\u0107, then Frankopan, then Turks, this chapel met the beginning of the 20th century with a significantly dilapidated, damaged roof and bell tower. Only newer wooden doors defy age. In front of the chapel, whose facade is picturesquely complemented by two gnarled trees with branches without leaves, a few locals pose.

Ivan Rup\u010di\u0107, oko 1910.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage
<\/strong>Inv. No. 7278<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vedutas are painterly or (photo)graphic works that depict a part of the landscape\u2014rural or urban, a square, street, or similar\u2014in a detailed and faithful manner, regularly employing perspective to convey a sense of spatial depth. Vedutas become even more striking and lively when they include context, such as scenes with people and\/or animals, whether these figures serve as nearly equal participants in the spatial composition or merely as its embellishment. Conservation photography often captures such veduta views, frequently and enthusiastically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29256,"parent":30342,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/?post_type=exhibition&p=27987"},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"acf":{"featured":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/30357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibition"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/30342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}