Djevojka sa Une Traditional Cache

Već duže od tri decenije kamena skulptura "Djevojke s Une" predstavlja jedan od prepoznatljivih simbola Bihaća.

Autor ovog umjetničkog djela je akademski vajar Vladimir Hrljević, koji je dobar dio života proveo u gradu na Uni, a trenutno živi i radi u Zagrebu. Skulptura je svečano otkrivena sada već daleke 1986. godine, a ideja da se izradi potekla je od pokojnog Boška Marjanovića, utemeljitelja poznatog udruženja "Unski smaragdi" i jednog od pionira ekologije na ovim prostorima. Iako u Bihaću decenijama traju sporenja oko toga ko je Hrljeviću poslužio kao inspiracija i model za skulpturu, sam autor kaže kako njegovo djelo idelizira ljepotu žene, ali istovremeno je i simbol ljepote rijeke Une.

"Moram reći kako niti jedna žena nije bila model za skulpturu. Ona predstavlja idealiziranu ljepotu žene, to je simbol figura koja brendira rijeku Unu i njenu nestvarnu ljepotu. Oslobođena je svih političkih i ideoloških formi, a u neku ruku je oblik iskazivanja slobode žene, njene afirmacije, pa i do razine feminizma", kaže Hrljević, dodajući kako je Bihać uvijek bio grad lijepih žena.

Dugo je stajala na bedemu srednjovjekovne tvrđave, ali je zbog nepogodnih uslova (biljke i oksidacija bronze) nakon restauratorskih radova preseljena na gradsku otoku pokraj rijeke Une.

For more than three decades, the stone sculpture "Girl from Una" has been one of the recognizable symbols of Bihać.

The author of this work of art is the academic sculptor Vladimir Hrljević, who spent a good part of his life in the town on Una, and currently lives and works in Zagreb. The sculpture was ceremonially unveiled in 1986, and the idea to create it came from the late Boško Marjanović, the founder of the well-known association "Unski Smaragdi" and one of the pioneers of ecology in this area. Although in Bihać there have been disputes for decades about who served as inspiration and model for Hrljević's sculpture, the author himself says that his work idealizes the beauty of a woman, but at the same time it is a symbol of the beauty of the Una river.

"I must say that not a single woman was a model for the sculpture. It represents the idealized beauty of a woman, it is a symbol of the figure that brands the river Una and its unreal beauty. It is freed from all political and ideological forms, and in a way it is a form of expressing the freedom of a woman, her affirmations, even to the level of feminism," says Hrljević, adding that Bihać has always been a city of beautiful women.

It stood for a long time on the rampart of the medieval fortress, but due to unfavorable conditions (plants and oxidation of bronze), after restoration work, it was moved to the city's island by the river Una.