Things to do in Samobor, Central Croatia: The Best Monuments & Statues

You will find this monument right in front of the entrance to the Samobor Museum. Ivica Sudnik is its founder, photografer and cultural worker. He shot numerous photos of Samobor and surroundings, and wrote a lot of articles, prose, historical insights about Samobor.

The grave of Julijana Cantilly, popular Samobor muse, silent suffering of the famous poet Stanko Vraz. His book of love verses "Dulabije" inspired with his love for Julijana, is an important part of Croatian Illyrian poetry.

The monument to victims of the Homeland War dominates on the central part of the park. A memorial wall, with the names of 53 killed soldiers in the Homeland War from the areas of Samobor and Sveta Nedelja, starts from the central monument.

In front of the church of St. Anastasia, the statue of the Mother of God is set in memory of those killed in the First World War.

Samoborček used to be an old railway between Zagreb and Samobor. It ran from 1901 till 1979. "Silver arrow" was the name of the passenger train. This is the monument dedicated to the Silver arrow.

Kočo Racin a Macedonian poet. He was the founder of the Macedonian poetical modernism after his collection of poems "Beli mugri" was printed in Samobor.

You can find this well with drinking water on the main square. It has been mentioned for the first time in 1764.

Ferdo came to Samobor and changed his German last name Wiesner to Livadić. He had a very important role in Croatia National Revival and in cultural rise of the Samobor region. He was very well known to all the people of Samobor.

The Calvary consists of 13 stations of the Way of the Cross, great crucifix and two crosses. The calvary was built to celebrate 1900 of Salvation of Jesus Christ. The stations were made of aritificial stone.