Gornji Grad (Croatia)
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 Croatia
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| County : | City of Zagreb | ||
| Municipality : | Zagreb | ||
| Residents : | 4,711 (2001) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+385) 01 | ||
| Postal code : | 10,000 | ||
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| Community type : | District (formerly municipality) | ||
 View of Gornji Grad |
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Gornji Grad , also called Gradec , is a district of the Croatian capital Zagreb and is located in the Gornji Grad-Medveščak district at the foot of the Medvednica Mountains. Together with the Kaptol district , Gornji Grad forms the old Zagreb city center, in contrast to the newer part Donji Grad .
Road traffic in Gornji Grad has been banned since 2008 , making the district a pedestrian zone .
Residents
According to the 2001 census, the former Gornji Grad community had 3,120 residents. If you also count the small nearby commune "August Cesarec" (Tkalčić Street, the eastern border of the old town), Gornji Grad had 4,711 inhabitants.
history
The name Gornji Grad is found for the first time in the Zagreb Golden Bull of the Croatian-Hungarian King Béla IV. From 1242. He called the city "a free royal city on the mountains of Gradec, the mountain in Zagreb" as thanks for the protection from the Tatars that the inhabitants had offered him. Gornji Grad did not become a feudal country, but the property of the king. The residents were given further rights, e.g. B. the right to elect their own magistrate ( gradski sudac ) and local autonomy.
The city was fortified after the Tatar invasion . The fortress was complete between 1242 and 1261 and is still a tourist attraction. The walls surrounded the city in the shape of a triangle, with the Popov Tower on Ilirski Square as the northernmost corner and the Strossmayer Promenade at their base, which was due to the terrain profile. There are several triangular and square towers on the fortress.
In the Middle Ages there were four large entrance gates: the western one on Mesnička Street, the northern one on Opatička Street, the southern one called Dverce and the eastern Kamenita vrata (stone gate). Kamenita vrata is the only remaining gate of Gornji Grad.
St. Mark's Square and Church
The center of Gornji Grad is St. Mark's Church , which is located on the northern side of St. Mark's Square ( Markov trg or officially Trg svetog Marka ). St. Mark's Church was the parish church of old Zagreb. Romanesque and Gothic elements can be found on the facade of the church . These come from the expansion in the 13th century and from the renovation in the 14th century. The southern portal was designed by sculptors from Prague in the 14th century and is a well-known work of art.
St. Mark's Square has been a meeting place for guild members since the 15th century . Today the state and government center of Croatia is located there. On the southern side of the square, on Basariček Street, there is the Gornji Grad Parish Office . The buildings were built in the 16th century, renovated in the 18th century and enlarged in the 19th century. The Banus Palace ( Banski dvori ) is located on the western side of the square . The Croatian Banus used to live there ; today it is the residence of the Croatian state government . The Croatian Parliament ( Sabor ) has been located on the eastern side since 1734 .
Museums and galleries
Gornji Grad is considered the cultural center of Zagreb because there are several museums and art galleries here . The most famous museums are the Archaeological Museum, Zagreb City Museum, the Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Modern Art, the Gallery "Klovićevi dvori", the Museum of Croatian History, the Museum of Naive Art and the Foundation "Ivan Meštrović".
photos
The Sabor , the Croatian Parliament
Front view of the Banus Palace
Lotrščak tower, from which a paper ball from a cannon is fired every day at lunchtime.
The Markuskirche was renovated at the beginning of the 2000s.
The Kamenita vrata seen from Radić Street.
Stone gate
Statue of the miniature painter Julije Klović in front of the "Klovićevi dvori" gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jasmina Kekić: Gornji grad napokon postaje zona rezervirana za pješake . Vjesnik . May 29, 2008. Accessed on November 22, 2008. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stanovnici Grada Zagreba prema dobnim skupinama i spolu ( Croatian , PDF; 104 kB) In: Statistical Office of the Republic of Croatia . 2001. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
- ↑ a b c d Old Zagreb and history of it ( English ) In: Zagreb guide . Retrieved December 2, 2008.
