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Aerial view of Gornji Grad (Gradec) View from the south The Stone Gate (Kamenita vrata) Dverce Gradec (Croatian pronunciation:), Grič (Croatian pronunciation:, Hungarian: Gréc, Latin: Mons Graecensis prope Zagrabiam) or Gornji Grad (meaning "Upper Town", cf. Donji grad, "Lower Town") is a part of Zagreb, Croatia, and together with Kaptol it is the medieval nucleus of the city.
The term "Old Zagreb" was popularized by Gjuro Szabo, an admirer of Zagreb antiquities who advocated their conservation.Old Zagreb consisted of two settlements on neighboring hills - Gradec (also known as Gornji Grad) and Kaptol - and the houses in the valley between them along the former Medveščak creek (present-day Tkalčićeva Street).
Gradec is a village located ~50 km from Zagreb, Croatia. The municipality has an area of 88.85 km 2 (34.31 sq mi). [ 3 ] In the 2011 Croatian census the municipality had 3,681 inhabitants, living in 20 settlements : [ 4 ]
1961 – Music Biennale Zagreb begins. 1962 Zagreb Airport begins operating. [32] Glas Koncila Catholic newspaper begins publication. 1964 1964 Zagreb flood, the biggest flooding disaster in the city's history. Presidential Palace built. XV Gymnasium founded. 1967 – Golden Spin of Zagreb ice skating competition begins. 1972 Animafest Zagreb ...
The Lotrščak Tower (Croatian: Kula Lotrščak, pronounced [kǔːla lotrʃtʃâːk]) is a fortified tower located in Zagreb, Croatia, in an old part of town called Gradec or Gornji grad (Upper Town). The tower, which dates to the 13th century, was built to guard the southern gate of the Gradec town wall.
Gradec and Kaptol, the two distinct cores of medieval Zagreb, are forming today's Upper Town, and both are parts of this district. The city's Cathedral , the St. Mark's Church and the Croatian Parliament are located in Gornji Grad, as is the popular pedestrian café street Tkalčićeva .
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Zagreb. Archived from the original on 4 January 2009. Škreblin, Bruno (February 2014). "Ethnic groups in Zagreb's Gradec in the late Middle Ages" (PDF). Review of Croatian History. IX (1). Zagreb: Croatian Institute for History: 25– 59. ISSN 1845-4380