Created for the Millennial exhibition in Budapest in 1896, this impressive, iron-framed building was then shipped back to Zagreb, where it centrepieces...
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The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary is Zagreb's principal landmark. And though much of the exterior has long been veiled behind...
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Visit for the building alone, a circular pavilion standing in the middle of Victims of Facism Square a ten-minute walk south-east of the main square.The...
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Situated in the Baroque-era Oršić-Kulmer Palace, the Croatian History Museum does not have a permanent display but hosts a seasonally-changing programme of...
Matoševa 9This neo-baroque landmark, opened by Habsburg Emperor Franz Josef in 1895, played a vital role in the establishment of a Croatian national identity. What...
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Designed by Zagreb-born architect Rudolf Lubinski in 1913 and originally serving as the national and university library, this is a masterpiece of Art...
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Ageing exhibition halls and bad lighting shouldn't put you off the idea of visiting this absorbing collection, which begins with a ground-floor display of...
Trg Ivana Mažuranića 14Set in the stunning space of a former Jesuit monastery in Gornji Grad, this is the major venue for touring art exhibitions, mixing blockbuster international...
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Created by the Croatian Academy of Science & Arts to house plaster copies of famous sculptures, the Gliptoteka has expanded its activities to become a major...
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Croatia's most internationally renowned sculptor, Ivan Meštrović, lived and worked in this restored trio of adjoining 17th-century mansions in Gornji Grad...
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It's a pity more don't make it to this attractive cemetery. Mirogoj is widely regarded as one of the city's architectural gems. Behind a series of green,...
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Housed in the impressively renovated Vraniczany palace on Zrinjevac, the Modern Gallery is home to the national collection of 19th- and 20th-century art. It...
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This grand Hermann Bollé-designed palace, founded in 1880, was originally based on 'a collection of samples for master craftsmen and artists who need to...
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Two coats of arms grace the red-white-and-blue chequered roof of this emblematic church: Zagreb's and Croatia's. Since the 1200s when the Romanesque...
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This neo-Renaissance palace, built in 1884 to accommodate Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer's private collection of European paintings, is Zagreb's foremost...
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