Zagreb Lower City

The lower town is the heart of the civic and business life of Zagreb.
The 1st picture is the main square. Markets, concerts, protests and every event you can image happen here. For example, the 2nd picture is the same square but on market day. You will notice a statue in the center of the 1st picture. This stature is of Jelačić, Croatian Field Marshall in the mid 19th century. He is remembered for ending serfdom in Croatia and leading the revolution for independence from Hungary.
The 3rd picture, into the sun, unfortunately, is of the rail station. The statue left of center is of the 10th century King Tomislav who stood against the Hungarian invasion
There is a horseshoe shape in the lower town that has 7 parks. The statue in front of the rail station is in one of these. The next picture is of a clock in another of the parks. More accurately, this is a meteorological column that not only tracks time, but measures and records temperature, barometric pressure and humidity and has been doing so since 1884.
The last 2 pictures are interesting buildings in the lower town. The first is residential; the second is a museum. Older and newer architecture abide in close proximity hereWeiterlesen