
Discover the romantic story
of Europe's largest sphinx
of Europe's largest sphinx
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The sculpture was made in the first half of the 20th century in the park of Villa Attilia in Brodarica neighborhood. The exact year has not been determined to this day, but it is assumed that it was built in 1918. Villa Atillia belonged to the Smirich family, so the construction of the sculpture is attributed to its owner, the Zadar conservator, Giovanni Smirich. The sculpture was built with a combined technique of using stone and concrete, which is clearly visible on its left side, where it was damaged. Namely, a plan and written data on the making of this sculpture have not been preserved.
The sculpture is oriented in the northwest-southeast direction. Its head, which is about 5 meters long and 3 meters high, is oriented to the southeast. Moreover, a shell-shaped pool is placed between the hands of the sculpture, and the sphinx itself was holding a dagger, i.e. a sword that crossed the pool. Today, the sword no longer exists, nor does the relief on the chest that was deliberately stolen.
Boatmen, villas, sea bollards and the sphinx - are Brodarica's main associations. As part of the Recolor project a promo-educational video about Brodarica was made.
The opening of the exhibition will be held on Friday, November 12, starting at noon in the church of St. Donat, and citizens are invited to see the exhibition every day from 9 am to 3 pm, ending on November 21, 2021
The manual provides an overview of both activities held during the two-day seminar and useful information for the future heritage interpretations.
The project is innovative in its ability to deal with both natural and cultural heritage at the same time. It promotes relevant and less known works of art, creates specific itineraries to tour the existing landscapes depicted in these works, develops new tourist offers and promotes the seasonal adjustment of the tourist flow. In this way, the project contributes to the diversification of tourist products and services and improves the quality of the tourist offer with a general vision of sustainable and responsible tourism.