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City of Gospić - The statue of Marta Vodarica

A statue of a girl named Marta is situated in front of the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the old town of Gospić. It represents a woman carrying water and today it is a symbol of Gospić. The fountain and the sculpture were placed on the occasion of the commissioning of the water supply system in the town of Gospić.
Gospić - Croatia / Lika-Senj county
Tourist experience: Visitors can see a statue representing a traditional Lika woman.
Spoken languages: English, Croatian
Experience duration: 30 minutes
Opening: Always available
Booking: No need
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: Accessible to everyone
Local popolarity: 8
Destination influence: 4
Tourist contact: Tourist Board Gospić
Categories
Cultural material heritage: Historical monument
Cultural immaterial heritage: Local traditions or legend
Hidden intangible patrimony: Community tales
Form filler: Tamara Božić Smojver

City of Gospić - The statue of Nikola Tesla

A new monument of Nikola Tesla has been erected in Gospić in April 2021, twenty-nine years after still unknown perpetrators destroyed his old monument with explosives during the Croatian War of Independence, together with the museum and the birth house. The new monument was not returned to the same place in the center of Gospić, but a little further, to the newly named Nikola Tesla Square.
Gospić - Croatia / Lika-Senj county
Tourist experience: Visitors can see a statue of Nikola Tesla made according to the casting of a monument by sculptor Fran Kršinić. Such a monument can be found on the American Niagara Falls and in front of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade.
Spoken languages: English, Croatian
Experience duration: 30 min
Opening: Always available
Booking: No need
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: Accessible to everyone
Local popolarity: 6
Destination influence: 4
Tourist contact: Cultural information center, Gospić
Categories
Cultural material heritage: Historical monument
Form filler: Tamara Božić Smojver
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