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Zagreb, capital of Croatia

Zagreb, the capital and largest city of Croatia, lies in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river. The inner city has a population of about 770,000, but with its suburbs, it is over a million, more than a quarter of Croatia's total population.

King Tomislav Square
 
Trg bana Jelačića
 
Ban Jelačić statue
 
Ilica
 
Dolac Market
 
Dolac Market
 
Flowers, Dolac Market
 
Dolac Market
 
Poultry, Dolac Market
 
Bread, Dolac Market
 
Selling cheese, Dolac Market
 
Vegetable market
 
Cathedral
 
Column with the Statue of Virgin Mary
 
Cathedral portal
 
Tourists, historical tour ride
 
View to St. Mary and Zagreb Cathedral
 
Kula Lotrščak
 
View from Kula Lotrščak
 
View from Kula Lotrščak
 
St. Mark's Church roof
 
County Government Office
 
Saint Cyril and Methodius church
 
Government Office and Court House
 
Unhappy Fisherman with Snake
 
Cathedral Transfiguration of our Lord
 
Grounded Sun
 
Croatian National Theatre
 
Museum of Arts and Crafts
 
St. George slaying the dragon
 
Dječak koji piški statue
 
Petrinjska Ulica
 
Solovljeva Ulica
 
Samoborček Silver Arrow train
 
Church of Saint Anastazija
 
Trg Kralja Tomoslava
 
Street
 
Inner courtyard
 
Samobor Castle
 
Samobor Castle
 
View to Samobor
 
Road into Samobor
 

Zagreb's history dates back to Roman times; the oldest mention of the name “Zagreb” is in 1134, referring to a settlement founded in 1094 at Kaptol - now the site of Zagreb's cathedral. It is a great city, with beautiful buildings dating back to Habsburg days when its German name Agram referred to it. The central square is named after Josip Jelačić, the Ban (viceroy or ruler) of Croatia, 1848 - 1859, remembered for his military campaigns during the Revolutions of 1848 and his abolition of serfdom. His statue is a prominent landmark.

The Upper town - Gradec, or Gornji Grad - has St. Mark's Church, the parish church of old Zagreb, with its roof tiles representing the coat of arms of Zagreb and the Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. Here are also the Government Office and the Court House. From the 13th-century fortified Lotrščak Tower, a great view of the city can be seen.

Twenty-five kilometres west of Zagreb is the small town of Samobor, part of the Zagreb metropolitan area.; a diesel-powered train, the “Srebrna Strijela” (Silver arrow), used to run between them. Its official name was Samoborček, a narrow gauge railway linking Zagreb with Samobor and onwards to Bregana, which operated from 1901 through 1979. The ruins of Samobor Castle, built in 1260 - 1264 on Tepec hill, are a 10-minute walk away from the city centre.