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Van Gogh's Starry Night recreated as park in Bosnian hills
Businessman Halim Zukic from the town of Visoko decided to create a park after buying some land and a cottage in a nearby village 20 years ago
A drone view of a park transformed into a replica of Vincent Van Gogh's famous painting 'Starry Night,' featuring fields of lavender, shrubs, and lakes connected by an array of paths, a project that mirrors the celebrated artwork in a natural setting in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on August 3, 2024. — Reuters
Amid the green hills and meadows of central Bosnia, a local businessman has realised his long-held dream: recreating one of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings, The Starry Night, in the form of a nature park.
Halim Zukic from the town of Visoko decided to create a park after buying some land and a cottage in a nearby village 20 years ago, but he had no clear idea of what it should look like.
Then, six years ago, as he stood on a hill watching tractors in a hay meadow, he noticed their spiral-shaped wheel tracks in the earth, which reminded him of the swirling motifs in Van Gogh's canvas from 1889.
"From that moment, I was no longer in doubt," Zukic told Reuters. But his vision took time, money and effort to realise.
Zukic wanted the 10-hectare Starry Night park to be part of a larger complex offering a retreat to visitors. He planted more trees and created 13 lakes using existing natural streams.
Bosnian Halim Zukic and his daughter Emina stand in a park transformed into a replica of Vincent Van Gogh's famous painting 'Starry Night' in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on August 3, 2024. — Reuters
To match the painting, 130,000 bushes of lavender in six different shades were planted, as well as other medicinal and aromatic herbs such as sage, echinacea, wormwood and chamomile, forming colourful circles, spirals and natural amphitheatres.
Zukic did all the landscaping himself. He said recreating the painting had helped him understand artists and the creative challenges they face.
"This is the largest representation of The Starry Night, and the result of 20 years of dreams, of living those dreams to make them real," he said.
The Starry Night park will focus on art programmes and the promotion of central Bosnia's cultural heritage, Zukic said.
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