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Zagreb's offerings include crystal, china and ceramics, wicker or straw baskets, and top-quality Croatian wines and gastronomic products. Notable Zagreb souvenirs are the tie or cravat, an accessory named after Croats who wore characteristic scarves around their necks in the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century and the ball-point pen, a tool ...
For that reason, the county is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring" (Croatian: zagrebački prsten). According to the 2021 census, the county has 299,985 inhabitants, [3] most of whom live in smaller urban satellite towns. The Zagreb County once included the city of Zagreb, but in 1997 they separated, when the City was given a special status. [5]
The election is taking place during the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected more than 63,000 people in Zagreb and caused over 2,000 deaths in the city, as of May 2021. [25] Furthermore, Zagreb is still recovering from a series of natural disasters which struck the city during 2020.
During the 1920s Zagreb's population increased by 70 percent, the city's largest demographic boom. In 1926 Zagreb introduced the region's first radio station, and in 1947 the Zagreb Fair was the first in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. The area between the railway and the Sava saw considerable new construction after World War II.
The Zagreb Cathedral (officially the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saints Stephen and Ladislav), is a Catholic cathedral in Kaptol, Zagreb. It is the second tallest building in Croatia and the most monumental sacral building of Gothic architecture southeast of the Alps .
The Zagreb Botanical Garden (Croatian: Botanički vrt u Zagrebu) is a botanical garden located in downtown Zagreb, Croatia. Founded in 1889 by Antun Heinz, Professor of the University of Zagreb , and opened to public in 1891, it is part of the Faculty of Science.
Zagreb is OURS! (Croatian: Zagreb je NAŠ!) is a municipalist green left political party from Zagreb, Croatia.After winning first seats in 2017 elections for the Zagreb Assembly and profiling itself as the most vocal opposition to the mayor Milan Bandić and his local majority coalition, the platform took part in the 2019 EU elections, as well as the 2020 Croatian parliamentary election within ...
The decision stipulated that the founder of the university was to be the Archdiocese of Zagreb and its sponsor the Croatian Bishops' Conference. On January 6, 2005, Archbishop Josip Bozanić established the Commission for the Establishment of the Catholic University of Croatia , whose mission was to prepare the establishment of the University ...