2016
30 April
Photo: Croatian Conservation Institute / Ljubo Gamulin (left) / Danijel Frka (top right) / Jurica Škudar (bottom right)
A museum dedicated to the Croatian Apoxyomenos
Discovered in 1996 off the Croatian island of Lošinj at a depth of 45m, this majestic, perfectly preserved Greek statue (1st – 2nd century BC), raised from the sea in 1999 and under restoration until 2005, represents a naked athlete scraping his skin with a strigil (or Apoxyomenos in Greek). Of the eight known to date, the Croatian Apoxyomenos is the only one that is complete and in an exceptional state of conservation. In order to highlight this invaluable piece of heritage, a museum dedicated to the statue was opened in Mali Lošinj in April 2016.
