{"id":2469,"date":"2020-11-09T15:47:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T15:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgallery.hazu.hr\/izlozba\/svecanost-otvorenja-1884\/?page_id=2469"},"modified":"2021-05-20T17:24:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T15:24:58","slug":"prvi-dan-svecanosti-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sgallery.hazu.hr\/izlozba\/svecanost-otvorenja-1884\/en\/prvi-dan-svecanosti-en\/","title":{"rendered":"The first day of the ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A procession of around forty carriages was headed by Baroness Klotilda Buratti-Vranyczany, whose carriage carried Bishop Strossmayer and deputy mayor Crnadak. As they were driving by, the gathered crowd cheered and showered them with flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baroness Klotilda Buratti-Vranyczany (property of: The Croatian State Archives). She was the daughter of businessman and philanthropist Ambroz Vranyczany, one of the founders of Matica ilirska (The Croatian Heritage Foundation), who supported the founding of both the Academy and the University with a significant financial contribution. The salon in the baroness’s palace Dverce, which she later bequeathed to the City of Zagreb, was an intersection of the political and cultural elite. Just like other members of her family, she was also a patron of many cultural and charitable institutions and initiatives. Through a cession of a claim from a third party in the amount of 1300 forints towards the construction of the palace on Zrinski Square, and a posthumous donation of 20 000 crowns, she became one of the more generous patrons of the Academy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The procession drove along Kolodvorska Street, Ilica, Ban Jela\u010di\u0107 Square, and Marija Valerija Street to Zrinski Square. Although Strossmayer usually stayed with Ra\u010dki during his visits to Zagreb, this time he was hosted by Baron Ljudevit Vranyczany Dobrinovi\u0107, in his newly built luxurious palace, located in the neighborhood of the Academy\u2019s palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of Zagreb from 1885 (from: F\u00fchrer durch Agram und Umgebung: Nebst einem Plane der Stadt<\/em>, 1885).<\/p>