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Spomenik na znane Suhokranjce

Monument for the famous men from Suhokranjec

Alenka Vidrgar
2015

Žužemberk / Spomenik na znane Suhokranjce

Description

Three granite slabs each with a bronze portrait medaillon.

knez janez vajkard auersperg
1615-1677

dobrotnik škof dr janez gnidovec
1873-1939

klasični filolog dr fran bradač
1885-1970

Johann Weichard Fürst von Auersperg
(Janez Vajkard Auersperg)
Žužemberk 1615 - Ljubljana 1677
Prime minister of Austria
(Wikipedia).

Janez Frančišek Gnidovec
Veliki Lipovec 1873 - Ljubljana 1939
Bishop of Skopje, 1924-1939
(Wikipedia).

Fran Bradač
Jama pri Dvoru 1885 - Ljubljana 1970
Slovenian classical philologist and translator
(Wikipedia).

Signature

(all three medaillons) vidrgar 2015

Žužemberk - Spomenik na znane Suhokranjce

Sculptor

Alenka Vidrgar (Ljubljana 1958), Slovenian sculptor and photographer (Website).

Sources & Information

Dan spomina na znane Suhokranjce, Suhokranjske Poti (Winter 2015), pp. 27-28, (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 45°49'50" - E 14°55'46") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: si047; Photograph: 9 September 2016
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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