Croatian Collector Donates Rare Historical Works to Croatia
[translate:Marija Orač] (Photo credit: Renata Nikić) is a Croatian art and document collector residing in Luxembourg for the past fifty years. She has generously donated an impressive collection to her homeland.
Orač gifted the National and University Library in Zagreb a valuable assortment of rare maps, graphics, and historical documents, according to an announcement by the Hrvatska matica iseljenika (Croatian Heritage Foundation) on Thursday.
"The many valuable works I have collected over time I am giving away to institutions that will care for them, preserve them, and educate future generations about their importance."
The oldest item in Orač’s collection is a 1573 map titled Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniae, Istriae, Bosniae finitimarumque regionum nova descriptio, created by Augustin Hirschvogel and published in Antwerp within Abraham Ortelius’s famous atlas Theatrum orbis terrarum.
The donation also contains several important maps illustrating present-day Croatia, Bosnia, Slavonia, and surrounding areas, including:
- Le Royaume de Hongrie by G. Valck (Amsterdam, 1702)
- Principatus Transilvaniae In Suas Quasque Nationes… by Johann Baptist Homann (Nuremberg, circa 1730)
- Royaume de Hongrie, principauté de Transilvanie, Sclavonie, Croatie et… by S.
This collection enriches Croatia’s cultural heritage and supports historical research and education.
Summary: Croatian collector Marija Orač donates rare historical maps and documents to Zagreb’s National and University Library, preserving important regional heritage.
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