The monument to Slav Freedom on the Riva at Hvar, Croatia.

The monument to Slav Freedom on the Riva at Hvar, Croatia. The monument comprises a stepped plinth at the bottom on which is a table supported on twelve columns. On this table is a four sided plinth with full length human carvings on each face and this is topped by a sculpture of a winged dragon, a naked woman and a naked winged man. A row of mature pineapple palms are between the monument and the harbour and in the background beyond the harbour is St. Mark's Church tower and steeple. The monument was dismantled by the occupying Italian forces in the Second World War and only the top sculpture has survived (in the grounds of St. Mark's Church in 2003).

Object Details

ID: P92348
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 168 mm