Oltar domovine

Oltar hrvatske Domovine ( Croatian for " Altar of the Croatian Fatherland ") is a national memorial of the Republic of Croatia, inaugurated in 1994 . It is dedicated to the fallen of the Croatian and Bosnian Wars from 1991 to 1995 .

The work of the sculptor Kuzma Kovačić (* 1952 in Hvar ) is located in front of the southern wall of Medvedgrad Castle on the Medvednica Mountains near the Croatian capital Zagreb .

Oltar domovine, the Altar of the Fatherland (2007).

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The memorial seen from above (2014).

Based on the coat of arms of Croatia , the monument consists of unevenly high blocks made of different natural stones from all Croatian counties and six blocks made of blue glass . Motifs from the history of Croatia are carved into the stone blocks , such as a cross made of Croatian wickerwork from the time of Knes Branimir and the first stanza of the Croatian national anthem . There are 29 blue and white drops of glass around the stone and glass blocks . An eternal flame is placed in the center of the cuboid .

The memorial was opened on the Croatian national holiday on May 30, 1994 by Croatian President Franjo Tuđman (1922–1999) as a place of remembrance . Tuđman's last public appearance before his cancer death was the visit of Oltar domovine on All Saints' Day , November 1st, 1999 .

After 2000, glass elements of the monument broke. In 2006 the first renovation phase with cast glass was completed.

Milan Bešlić, Kuzma Kovačić: Oltar hrvatske domovine . Stoljeća, Zagreb 1996 (Croatian, English).