The Sea organ ( hr, Morske orgulje) is an architectural

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object located in

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and an

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, which plays music by way of

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and tubes located underneath a set of large

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steps.

History

Chaotic reconstruction work was undertaken to repair the devastation Zadar suffered in the

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. The frantic reconstruction turned much of the sea front into an unbroken, monotonous

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wall. The device was made by the architect Nikola Bašić as part of the project to redesign the new city coast (''Nova rive'') and the site was opened to the public on 15 April 2005.Sta-mac, I: ''Acoustical and Musical Solution to Wave-driven Sea Organ in Zadar'', Proceedings of the 2nd Congress of Alps-Adria Acoustics Association and 1st Congress of Acoustical Society of Croatia, pages 203-206, 2005. The waves interact with the organ and create somewhat random but harmonic sounds. The Sea Organ has drawn

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and locals alike. White marble steps leading down to the water were built later. Concealed under these steps, which both protect and invite, is a system of

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tubes and a resonating cavity. In 2006, the Sea Organ was awarded with the prize

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of the fourth edition of the European Prize for Urban Public Space.

References

External links

"Sea organ, Zadar, Croatia"
''SonicWonders.org'' (sound and video)

''OddMusic.com''.
Sea organ photo pool
, ''Flickr.com''.
Sea organ, prize ex-aequo of the fourth edition of the European Prize for Urban Public Space
''PublicSpace.org''.

''free-stock-music.com'' (sound)
organ binaural recording music, Zadar, Croatia"
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History

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