The planets are made of stainless steel and are of different sizes on the same scale as The Grounded Sun. As a result, Zagreb got its own replica of the solar system shown on a greatly reduced scale. The distance between the Sun and the planet installations is correlated to the distance between planets and the Sun in our solar system.
Most people who have visited Zagreb have likely seen The Grounded Sun, whether they knew it was a replica of the sun or not since it is large and centrally located. Fewer are familiar with the locations of the other planets. To help you find all the planets, we've put together a map with the addresses of all installations.
Turn onto Ulica Franje Petrića, walk 20 meters, and you'll see The Grounded Sun. Zagreb artist Davor Preis came up with the idea to make an installation Devet pogleda (Nine Views) to complement The Grounded Sun. He designed and made the Nine Views installation in 2004.
If you don't already know, there's a small universe hidden in Zagreb. More specifically, there's an art installation called Prizemljeni Sunčev sustav (The Grounded Solar System) in Zagreb, which is a replica of Earth's solar system. In this post, we cover: The facts are these
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