Madonna del Mare Statue - أوباتيا: Working hours, Activities, Visitor reviews
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In 1891, when Count Arthur Kesselstadt tragically lost his life in a spring storm at sea in front of Opatija, his grieving family placed a statue of the Madonna del Marie (Virgin Mary) on the shore rock at that place in his memory, but due to circumstances Inclement weather damaged the statue and it was removed and replaced with a statue of the Girl with the Seagull. Today, the gilded replica of this statue can be seen in St James' Church above the Riviera, while the original is kept in the Croatian Tourism Museum in Villa Angiolina.
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