Križ na ušću Vuke u Dunav
Rijeke su uvijek značile život. Uz njih su nastale najveće civilizacije, a Vukovar, taj čudesan grad kojeg s pravom možemo nazvati "Trijumfalna vrata Hrvatske", nastao je na obalama dviju rijeka: Dunava i Vuke. Možda je on upravo zbog njih postao tako snažan i odlučan u presudnim trenucima koji su odlučivali o sudbini naše države. Ostao je svoj i nepokolebljiv.
Tu, u centru Vukovara, na ušću Vuke u Dunav, podignut je spomenik za sve one koji su svoj život dali za slobodnu i neovisnu Hrvatsku. Njegov autor, kipar Šime Vidulin, napravio ga je u obliku križa. Na mjestu gdje se uvijek pružao pogled na široku, moćnu rijeku, sada stoji bijeli križ – kao simbol i kao uspomena – ali i opomena. Spomenik je podignut u travnju 1998. godine.
„Navik on živi ki zgine pošteno“ - uklesano je najstarijim hrvatskim pismom, glagoljicom. I žive oni u nama i mi svaki dan živimo s njima.
English:
The cross at the confluence of the Vuka in Danube
Rivers have always meant life. With them with the most civilization, and Vukovar, this marvelous city that can rightfully be called "Arc de Triomphe Croatian", was built on the banks of two rivers: the Danube and the Vuka. Maybe it's just because they became so powerful and decisive in key moments that have decided the fate of our country. He stayed and unswerving.
There, in the center of Vukovar, at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube, a monument was erected for those who gave their lives for freedom and independence. Its author, sculptor Sime Vidulin, he made him in the shape of a cross. At the point where the always overlooked the wide, mighty river, now standing white cross - as a symbol and as a memory - but the warnings. The monument was erected in April 1998.
"Who dies fair, he shall live forever" - carved the oldest Croatian script, in the Glagolitic script. And they live in us and we live every day with them.
