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KRI\u017d (Ivani\u0107 Grad, Moslavina, The central part of Croatia)
<\/strong>Parish Church of the Assumption of Holy Cross
Organ, detail
In the church edifice which in this place has probably been in continuity since the beginning of the 12th century, when it was built as a wooden building by the Templars, through Gothic masonry to Baroque construction interventions and interior fittings, it is impossible not to notice the organ. The organ dates back to 1787 and is one of the oldest and best preserved in the country. The organ attracts attention thanks to the extremely rich and high-quality ornamented case and the expressively presented angel musicians. One of the group, the one playing the drums, is shown in the photo.

Nino Vrani\u0107, 1972.<\/strong>

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia<\/strong>
Photo archive of cultural heritage<\/strong><\/strong>
Inv. No. 47366, neg. II-10365<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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MALA SOLINA (Glina, Banovina, The Central part of Croatia)
<\/strong>Parish church of Wounded Jesus
Detail of the painted choir
The calvary that this church – built in 1830 on the basis of an older wooden building built by settlers from Gorski kotar and Vukomeri\u010dke gorice – has gone through in recent history, in less than three decades, first during the Homeland War (1991-1995), and then for the earthquake (December 29, 2020) best reflects her name. In contrast to all that hell, thanks to the medium of photography as a visual guardian of the past, is this idyllic photograph with the depiction of St. Cecilia and the musician angel.

Nino Vrani\u0107, 1973.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage
<\/strong>Inv. No. 52283, neg. II-14058<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u010cAZMA (Ivani\u0107 Grad, Moslavina, The Central part of the Croatia)
<\/strong>Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Organ,
The \u010cazman organ is a category 0 monument that was brought here in 1767. Although the place of their manufacture is not known, it is not impossible that this meticulously made organ, both from the sound and visual point of departure, was brought even from Vienna. At that time, namely, after the departure of the Turks from the historical stage, the city (also the former seat of the chapter) became stronger again as one of the centers of the Military Frontier and as a church center.

Nino Vrani\u0107, 1972.

Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Photo archive of cultural heritage
Inv. No. 47068, neg. II-10096<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Organs, queens among musical instruments, companions of St. Cecilia and symphonic ensembles, which originated in antiquity as hydraulis (the distant ancestors of today\u2019s sea organs in Zadar!) and were gilded during the Baroque period\u2014especially thanks to Bach\u2019s virtuosity\u2014were the focus of systematic study and protection during the Musical Instrument Protection campaign carried out by the national conservation service from 1972 to 1975.<\/p>\n

During this three-year fieldwork, aimed at documenting, systematizing, evaluating, and appropriately safeguarding musical instruments across the Republic of Croatia, just under 800 organs\u2014mostly of monumental significance\u2014were recorded, and a total of 5,462 photographs were taken. This effort formed the basis for the creation of the Unique National Register of Historic Organs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29313,"parent":30342,"menu_order":8,"template":"","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/?post_type=exhibition&p=27996"},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"acf":{"featured":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/30366"}],"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\/29313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}