A monumental bronze statue of Nikola Tesla, a work by sculptor Frano Kršinić, was reinstalled in a new square in the central town of Gospić, bearing Tesla’s name. Culture Minister Nina Obuljen Koržinek said at the event that it was yet another opportunity to express respect for the great Croatian and...
The Mayor of Gospić, Karlo Starčević, signed a contract with a representative of the firm Kameni Zid on Friday on the execution of works on the arrangement of the square in front of the Cultural Information Centre in Gospić, where a monument to Nikola Tesla will be erected. The...
On Friday, July 10, Croatia and the world will mark the 164th anniversary of the birth of one of the world’s greatest minds, Nikola Tesla, and a real spectacle is being prepared in his hometown of Gospić this weekend. For three days in a row – on Friday, Saturday...
One of the most important topics in Lika-Senj County is the return of the Nikola Tesla monument to Gospić after 28 years. It is a big news for this part of Croatia, which relies on Tesla`s legacy as one of the most important aspects of tourism. That is why...
Have you ever wanted to step inside Nikola Tesla’s Hotel Room at The New Yorker hotel? Well, now you can – in 3D! Untapped cities partnered with 3D visualization company Matterport to bring visitors digitally inside unique New York City locations, including places like the Edison Ballroom and Tesla’s...
“On Nikola Tesla’s birthday in mid- July, the electrical term which his name has become is regenerated as a tall, meagre, eagle-headed man. Reporters hunt him out of his hotel cubicle for his yearly interview and for a day his long-standing fame flares again.”, starts the interview published in...
Museums, art galleries, and cultural institutions across Croatia are getting ready for the 15th annual “Night of Museums” in Croatia traditionally held on the last Friday of January. “Night of Museums” at the Nikola Tesla Memorial Center in Smiljan begins on Friday at 6 pm with an exhibition “Tesla...
The famous physicist and inventor Nikola Tesla died on January 7, 1943 in New York. On 7 January 1943, at the age of 86, Tesla died alone in room 3327 of the New Yorker Hotel. His body was later found by maid Alice Monaghan after she had entered Tesla’s...
We all know that the great inventor Nikola Tesla was born in Lika in Croatia, “at the stroke of midnight” in 1856 during a summer storm. Nikola’s Baptism Certificate, in the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade, states that he was born on June 28, and christened the very next...
A monumental bronze statue of Nikola Tesla, a work by sculptor Frano Kršinić, was reinstalled in a new square in the central town of Gospić, bearing Tesla’s name. Culture Minister Nina Obuljen Koržinek said at the event that it was yet another opportunity to express respect for the great Croatian and...
