\nThere is no official census of the remaining Spomeniks, but we have chosen some of the most famous which are definitely to discover and admire in all their majesty.<\/p>\n
The Monument to the People’s Revolution of Moslavina (Podgari\u0107, Croatia)<\/strong><\/h4>\n![\"spomenik](\"https:\/\/targetpoint.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ok-sdatabase-podgaric-Imgur-1-380x254.jpg\")
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Located just over an hour south of Zagarbia, Podgari\u0107’s Spomenik is the poster-momunent of all spomeniks: usually the first to appear in a Google search under “Spomenik”. And with good reason: created by the sculptor Du\u0161an D\u017eamonja and inaugurated in 1967, it is absolutely majestic and imposing in its extravagant abstract winged concrete shape, which is 10 meters high and 20 meters wide, with a central “eye-sphere” made of aluminium panels which makes it almost mystical. The effect to the visitor is that of being in the presence of an altar created for a modern or alien deity – an effect reinforced by veiled references to the Zoroastrian iconography (the eye as the Persian sun), as the “winged sun\u201d is a recurring figure in the myths of ancient Egypt and Assyria.
\nCurrently, the conservation status of the Monument to the People’s Revolution of Moslavina is good. And, even if there do not seem to be conservative efforts by local authorities, the site is easily accessible (although there is no signposting to indicate it).<\/p>\n
Picture \u201cMonumento alla rivoluzione del popolo di Moslavina\u201d
\n@Donald Niebyl\/Spomenik Database<\/p>\n
Kozara Memorial (Mrakovica, Bosnia and Herzegovina)<\/strong><\/h4>\n![\"spomenik](\"https:\/\/targetpoint.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flickr-kozara-1-380x285.jpg\")
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The Kozara memorial is located in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at an hour’s drive from the nearest medium-sized city, Prijedor. It was designed by Du\u0161an D\u017eamonja himself and inaugurated in 1973: it consists of a cylindrical monolith of 1000 tons of cement, about 33 meters high and segmented by 20 vertical fins covered with stainless steel. At the time of the Tito regime, the Memorial was visited each year by one million visitors in commemoration of the partisan struggle of Kozara’s offensive against the Nazis in 1942.
\nBeing situated in a national park, this Spomenik is in good condition and shows no signs of vandalism. Unlike other monuments of the Yugoslav era, the complex still has a regular flow of visitors, despite being in a very isolated area.<\/p>\n
Picture title: \u201cKozara\u201d
\nImage by Tomislav Medak, License: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/q8p9dmr
\nSource: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y5ggg94n<\/p>\n
Kadinja\u010da Memorial (U\u017eice, Serbia)<\/strong><\/h4>\n![\"spomenik](\"https:\/\/targetpoint.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/flickr-kadjanica-1-380x306.jpg\")
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<\/p>\n\nCurrently, the conservation status of the Monument to the People’s Revolution of Moslavina is good. And, even if there do not seem to be conservative efforts by local authorities, the site is easily accessible (although there is no signposting to indicate it).<\/p>\n
\n@Donald Niebyl\/Spomenik Database<\/p>\n
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The Kozara memorial is located in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at an hour’s drive from the nearest medium-sized city, Prijedor. It was designed by Du\u0161an D\u017eamonja himself and inaugurated in 1973: it consists of a cylindrical monolith of 1000 tons of cement, about 33 meters high and segmented by 20 vertical fins covered with stainless steel. At the time of the Tito regime, the Memorial was visited each year by one million visitors in commemoration of the partisan struggle of Kozara’s offensive against the Nazis in 1942.
\nBeing situated in a national park, this Spomenik is in good condition and shows no signs of vandalism. Unlike other monuments of the Yugoslav era, the complex still has a regular flow of visitors, despite being in a very isolated area.<\/p>\n
Picture title: \u201cKozara\u201d
\nImage by Tomislav Medak, License: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/q8p9dmr
\nSource: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y5ggg94n<\/p>\n
Kadinja\u010da Memorial (U\u017eice, Serbia)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n![\"spomenik](\"https:\/\/targetpoint.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ok-sdatabase-moslavina-cover-2-380x254.jpg\")
Located in the area of \u200b\u200bKarlovac in central Croatia, the Petrova Gora spomenik was the result of the work of sculptor Vojin Baki\u0107 and architect Berislav \u0160erbeti\u0107 and was inaugurated in 1981. What remains to be admired today is above all the futuristic 37-meters-high stainless steel structure imported from Sweden with five oblong wavy layers covering the exterior. The interior, instead, which was to contain an auditorium for 250 people, a library, a bar and a museum are now only vestiges of what it was. In fact, due to the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, individual acts of vandalism and the indifference of the Croatian authorities, the Petrova Gora spomenik is today in a state of total abandonment.