Little street journal – Croatia
the other side of Zagreb / Croatia
Under the shadows of pines and cypresses, between green and blue shades, you can see a massive, white memorial ossuary, dedicated to the fighters in a war for liberation. The park of heroes is dedicated to partisans in WWII.
Meet Matija Gubec, Croatian Spartacus who led the Peasant revolution in the 16th century. Partisan army battalions in WW2 fought under his name, kids learn about him early in school, bands sing songs about him and his village still has a very special memory of him that I'll reveal to you at the end.
If you ever find yourself in Zagreb, you'll probably get a recommendation to visit the famous Mirogoj cemetery. What you probably won't get is an offbeat tour through the forgotten asylum graveyard of a psychiatric hospital – although it's as easy as the walk in the park. Because it literally is.
