Zrinjevac is one of the most gorgeous parks in Zagreb, a place for respite from the frantic city life and often a venue for many great outdoor events. Zrinjevac is also a place of remembrance, named after one of this nation’s greatest hero and the way his deeds changed the world. Zrinjevac is not the park’s official name but an abbreviation of Nikola Subic Zrinski square. Zrinski is one of Croatia’s greatest heroes, respected for…
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A travel-weary high-born knight stood in his armour in front of the walls of a small settlement Gradec. Tired from his travels he asked a local girl for some water from the nearby spring, calling her name:’Mando, dušo, zagrabi vode’ (Manda, dear, grab me some water). The spring was given the name of that local girl, and the diocese that was to be a city one day was named Zagreb (from the word ‘grab’). That…
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