Zagreb Photo Gallery Guide
Zagreb, the capital city of the Republic of Croatia, with population of around 800,000 people, is located south of Medvednica mountain and on both banks of Sava river. First settlements on the location of today’s Zagreb date back to time B.C. and include Roman post.
Compare this photograph of Saint George statue in Zagreb with one shot in 2005.
Do you see the difference?
Croats started settling in the region around the 6th century. On location of today’s Zagreb Croats have built two settlements, Kaptol as a spiritual center where Roman Catholic Cathedral dominates the skyline, and the Gradec or Grič as fortified town.
Zagreb became a city in the 1094.
Zagreb Photo Gallery
Ban Jelacic square
– main square in Zagreb and streets of Lower town
Park Zrinjevac
Zagreb at night
- Manduševac fountain on the Ban Jelačić Square. According to one legend Zagreb got its name after this fountain.
- Statue of August Šenoa, Croatian novelist and poet, in Vlaška street, Zagreb
Upper Town Zagreb
– Kaptol and Gradec on images
Fortifications and Castles in Croatia
Lake Jarun
Mirogoj cemetery
Sport
Dinamo – football (soccer) team from Zagreb
Medvednica mountain
Featured is old cable car open to the public in1963. It has been closed in 2007 and subsequently replaced with the new one.
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