Zagreb, Croatia: Benedetto Cotrugli Statue

Here's something you don't see every day. 

It's a statue that honors an accountant. Let's put it this way: AN ACCOUNTANT!

Benedetto Cotrugli is the man in question. He was a Ragusan businessman who also did work in diplomacy and economics in the 15th century. That's pre-Columbus, you'll notice.

In 1458, he "published" a idea that was revolutionary for its time: double-entry bookkeeping. 

In the statue, Cotrugli is shown in Venetian attire, typical of the period. The statue went up in 2007, right across from the entrance to our hotel in downtown Zagreb. Sorry about the graffiti, sir. 

You can't write the history of accounting without a tip of the hat to Benefetto. Clearly he was a man that we could count on.