Salute to the Sun in Zadar, Croatia

In the Croatian city of Zadar, on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, there is an unmissable appointment when the day is over. It is a spectacular installation located on the city's seafront, the work of the local architect Nikola Basic. Your name: Greetings to the Sun, or the "Salute to the Sun."

What we find there are more than three hundred multi-layered glass plates arranged in a circle. These plates cover solar cells that absorb sunlight during the day and that, after sunset, produce a bright light, an animated show powered by energy absorbed during the day. The solar energy absorbed by the solar panels is not only used to power this exhibition, but also to illuminate a part of the Zadar coastline. The display is estimated to generate around 46.500 kWh of electricity per year.

This circle of light is 22 meters in diameter and is surrounded by a metal ring engraved with the prominent names of the Santoral (Croatia is a country with a Catholic tradition) along with the date of its festivals. Also included among the inscriptions are data on the declination of the Sun from the north or south of the equator, as well as the altitude of the meridian of the Sun on the date of each saint's day. The Salutation to the Sun is therefore a kind of big luminous calendar.

Nearby is another well-known and celebrated art installation by Nikola Basic: the Sea Organ, located in the western part of the promenade, which is nothing more than a massive musical instrument made up of 35 tubes of different lengths, diameters and inclinations that convert the rhythm of the waves into melodies.


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