Orson Welles Statue
The man with the hat
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Dominating a piazza behind the Joker shopping mall os arguably Spit’s most unexpected monument: a state to American actor and director Orson Welles.
Unveiled in 2007, the statue is the work of Welles’s long-term partner, the Croatian sculptor Oja Kodar.
It commemorates a man who had a deep love for the Dalmatian coast: Welles stayed in Split on several occasions, filmed the (never finished) maritime thriller The Deep off the coast of Hvar, and owned a villa in Primošten between Split and Šibenik.
The statue stands outside the western entrance to Joker mall on ul. Mike Tripala, about 20min walk from Split’s Old Town
Read more on Welles’s relationship with Croatia here