Velika Gorica Articles

The primary school building is located in Donja Lomnica, in the town of Velika Gorica in Zagreb County, by one of the main streets of the settlement. It is of interest as an example of school architecture from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. The building...

The Bedeković Curia stands by the road through the settlement of Donja Lomnica, in the town of Velika Gorica in Zagreb County. With its auxiliary farm buildings it stands among a group of trees, and visitors will be interested in it as a well-preserved example of a...

Lukavec Old Town is located in Lukavec, in the middle of Turopolje, not far from Velika Gorica in Zagreb County. It is of interest to visitors as a kaštel (fortified manor) connected with the tradition of the Turopolje nobility. On the site of an old wooden fortress...

The Church of the Three Kings in Donja Lomnica, near Velika Gorica, was originally a Baroque building erected in 1778. When it partly collapsed in 1862, it was not merely repaired but rebuilt anew and completely, this time in historicist forms, the style that was most...

Villa Bedeković, also known as the čardak, is a wooden house in Donja Lomnica in the town of Velika Gorica, in Zagreb County. It stands set back from the village road, and a path leads to it through the manor grounds with an avenue of old plane trees and ash trees. The...

The Church of St Barbara stands in the western part of the settlement of Velika Mlaka, in the town of Velika Gorica in Zagreb County. It is a wooden church, and it will attract visitors as an example of Turopolje vernacular building and because of its unusually painted...

The Church of St George stands in the centre of Odra, a rural settlement in Turopolje, within the City of Zagreb. A visitor exploring the surroundings of the capital will find in it a quiet Baroque sanctuary that is several centuries old. The parish of St George in...

On the northern slopes of Zagreb, in the Novaki settlement, lies the ethnological area of Severi. It is a preserved enclave of traditional setting, worth visiting if you want to see village houses on the edge of a modern city. Novaki is mentioned as an estate of Gradec...

Resnik is a part of the City of Zagreb in its eastern section, a former village beside the Resnik forest. Visitors can see here a green area with traditional timber building. According to written sources, Resnik appears as a church estate as early as the 13th century....

The Oporovec Vineyards extend in Zagreb, north of the ancient villages of Oporovec and Novoselec. Both are mentioned in documents as early as the 13th century. A walk over the green hills suits those who want to see how winegrowing fitted into the urban landscape. The...

The City Slaughterhouse and Livestock Market at Heinzelova Street 66-68 in Zagreb is an exceptional example of industrial architecture between the two wars. It is interesting to visitors drawn to technical heritage and bold architecture. The decision to build a new...

Gogolin brijeg is a residential settlement in Zagreb, worth seeing for its carefully considered urban planning of 1927. A walk through it shows how people lived in the city between the wars in a harmoniously conceived whole. The settlement was built in 1927 according...

The Novoselec Vineyards lie in Zagreb, north of the villages of Novoselec and Oporovec, which historical documents mention as early as the 13th century. For a walker it is interesting as a preserved winegrowing landscape near the capital, without intrusive building. The...

Cvjetno naselje (Flower Settlement) is in Zagreb, east of Cvjetna Road, beside the river Sava. For a visitor it is interesting as a rare example of a carefully planned low-rise housing estate from the period between the two world wars. The plan was drawn up in 1939...

In Zagreb's Trešnjevka, between Ozaljska Street, Selska Road and the track of the former Samobor railway, lies the settlement of the First Croatian Savings Bank (Prva hrvatska štedionica). This residential ensemble is interesting to those who follow the development...

On the edge of Zagreb's Upper Town, at the corner of Opatička and Demetrova streets, stands the Erdödy-Drašković Palace. Today it is known as the building that houses the State Archives in Zagreb, and it has served this purpose since 1947. It is located in the City...

At Markovićev trg 3, in the upper town of Zagreb, stands the former palace of Ban Nikola Zrinski. For a visitor touring the Upper Town it is interesting as a reminder of one of the most famous Croatian noble families. It is a corner single-storey building with an...

Podsused is a Zagreb district on the western edge of the city, and its centre around Podsusedski trg has preserved a pleasant, mostly low and uniform appearance. Visitors can see here a historic core leaning against the Susedgrad complex and its foot. The area belongs...

In Zagreb's Kaptol, in the City of Zagreb, at number 29 stands the Archbishop's Seminary Palace. To passers-by it shows how a church complex changed over the centuries, from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century. The building consists of four wings, has two...

The Zakladni blok occupies a site next to Zagreb's main square and is one of the most interesting examples of modern urban construction in the capital. Visitors can study here how residential and commercial space in the city centre was arranged in the 1930s. The land...

Novakova street in Zagreb is interesting to lovers of modern architecture because a whole series of villas arose in a short period and forms a harmonious whole. The ensemble is located in the City of Zagreb and consists of three family houses and seventeen rental apartment...

The judiciary building at Ulica grada Vukovara 84 and 86 in Zagreb is an example of post-war modernism and is noticeable from afar thanks to its strict, elongated form. It is of interest to those involved in architecture because it shows how a public building was shaped...

The SUZOR Palace is one of the more conspicuous buildings in the lower-town centre of Zagreb. It was built at the corner of Mihanovićeva street and Grgura Ninskog street, and it is of interest to visitors who love interwar architecture and richly decorated interiors....

The Regiments Chirurgis building is located in Bjelovar, in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, at 10 I. V. Trnskog Street. It is of interest as one of the buildings that bear witness to the very beginnings of the town. It is a single-storey building with a rectangular base...

The hospital building complex is located in Bjelovar, at 8 Antuna Mihanovića Street, northeast of the town square, outside the regular scheme of city blocks. It is of interest to visitors drawn to the urban and medical history of the town. The complex consists of...

The Lipa Curia is located by the Dobra river, at the foot of the parish church, in the village of Lipa in the municipality of Generalski Stol in Karlovac County. It is a modest noble building with which a story about an important trade route across a bridge is associated. The...

The old school building is located in the elevated outer part of the settlement of Poljanica Bistranska, in the municipality of Bistra in Zagreb County. It is of interest as a well-preserved example of a 19th-century school building. It was built in 1877 and 1878 on...

The Church of St Thomas is located in the village of Tomaš, in the area of the town of Bjelovar in Bjelovar-Bilogora County. It is among the oldest Gothic buildings of the Bjelovar area, which makes it of interest to visitors seeking older sacred heritage. Despite...

The Church of St Nicholas complex is located on a hill above the settlement of Bistra, in the village of Poljanica Bistranska in the municipality of Bistra, in Zagreb County. It is of interest to visitors who like sacred heritage and viewpoints over the surroundings...

The Chapel of St Roch is located in Novaki Bistranski, by the Zaprešić-Bistra road, in the municipality of Bistra in Zagreb County. It is a small historicist building that fits harmoniously into the surrounding space. It was built in 1863, north of the old chapel...

The Church of St Vitus in Komor Začretski has a single nave and is correctly oriented. A wooden chapel originally stood on its site, recorded as early as the 14th century, and around 1630 a newly built masonry chapel is already mentioned. Numerous later alterations...

The Church of St Anne in Zavrje Začretsko was built on a raised plateau above the settlement. It is first mentioned in a visitation of 1665, but its present appearance is attributed to interventions in the 18th century. It has a rectangular nave and a narrower and...

The Church of St Nicholas the Bishop and the parsonage curia are located in Lipa, in the municipality of Generalski Stol in Karlovac County. The complex rises on a hill by the Dobra river, not far from the Lipa curia, so it is also interesting for its position in the...

The Church of St Vitus is located in the village of Predavac, in the municipality of Rovišće in Bjelovar-Bilogora County. It is a simple 19th-century parish building, stylistically close to classicism, and a good example of sacred architecture in this part of Slavonia...

The parish Church of St Helena the Crusader is located on slightly raised ground in the centre of Zabok in Krapina-Zagorje County. Because of its position it can be seen from all approaches to the town, and for visitors it is of interest as an example of Baroque classicism...

The parish church stands on the western side of the square in Sveti Križ Začretje. In essence it is a Gothic single-nave building, later given a Baroque makeover, and it received its present appearance at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century....

In the middle of Jablanovec, by the road leading from Zagreb towards Bistra, stands the Chapel of St John the Baptist. Written sources say that in the 17th century it replaced an older wooden chapel, and its present form was given by the second half of the 19th century,...

The Church of St George occupies an isolated position on a hill at the foot of Medvednica and dominates the landscape around Planina. It is enclosed by a wall, and a cemetery extends on its northeast side. The place is first mentioned in sources in 1209. In the 13th...

The Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Veliko Trojstvo was built in 1779 in the Baroque style, and was later repaired in 1883, 1963 and 1995. It is a relatively spacious single-nave building with a rectangular ground plan, continued on the east side by a narrower...

The Church of St Michael in Donji Vugrovec, in the City of Zagreb, stands on a hill above the settlement and is surrounded by a cemetery. From this position it dominates the surrounding landscape, so it is a good destination for visitors looking for a quieter area near...

The Church of St Francis Xavier is located in Vugrovec Donji, in the City of Zagreb. It is a good choice for an outing outside the city centre for those who like 18th-century sacred heritage. It was declared a parish church in 1803, and the previous parish church of...

In the settlement of Donji Stupnik, in the municipality of the same name in Zagreb County, on a slightly raised plateau by a crossroads of historic routes, stands the Chapel of St Benedict. It is of interest to visitors as part of the settlement's landscape, because...

In Stupnik, in the Zagreb settlement of Lučko, right next to the parish church stands the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Loreto. A cemetery extends on its north side. It is a modest single-nave building with a semicircular sanctuary end, a sacristy by the southwest...

The parish Church of St John Nepomuk is located in Lučko, in the City of Zagreb. It is of interest to lovers of Baroque architecture, because interesting vault forms and frescoes have been preserved in it. The church was built in 1769 as a single-nave Baroque building...

Esterházy Manor is located on the outskirts of Darda, in Osijek-Baranja County, and is surrounded by a park. It is of interest to visitors as an example of a noble residence in the Slavonia-Baranja plain. The building has one upper floor and three wings, with a U-shaped...

The Manor of Eugene of Savoy is located in Bilje in Osijek-Baranja County. It is a hunting manor surrounded by a moat, so a visitor touring the Baranja plain can see here a very recognisable example of Baroque architecture. The manor was built in the first half of...

Gredice Manor stands on a hillside, in front of the entrance to the town of Zabok, in Krapina-Zagorje County, at the address Gredice Zabočke 7. It is of interest to travellers coming from the direction of Zagreb, because the approach opens up a fine view of the manor...

Kerestinec Manor is located in Kerestinec, in the municipality of Sveta Nedelja in Zagreb County, southeast of Samobor. It stands in the lowlands, in the middle of a spacious park, and is of interest to visitors who like continental manors and walks in a park. It was...

The manor in Sveti Križ Začretje stands on the eastern side of the square, in Krapina-Zagorje County, and dominates the centre of the town. Visitors to Hrvatsko Zagorje will see here a late Baroque manor with a park, surrounded by old farm buildings. The manor has...

The Kulmer manor in Braščak, near Zabok, was built in 1890 to plans by the engineer A. Seč, soon after Count Kulmer bought the estate. The building has one upper floor and an L-shaped ground plan, with two wings, west and south. Where they meet, facing southwest,...

Pioneer City, also known as Youth City, is a cultural and historical ensemble in Zagreb, in a wooded area intended for children's socialising and learning. It is of interest to visitors who are drawn to post-war modern architecture and a designed landscape in the middle...

The Church of St Francis of Assisi with the Franciscan monastery is located in Zagreb, near Kaptol. It is a monument complex whose history spans the period from the 13th to the 20th century, so it clearly shows how the city was built and rebuilt. The church is a single-nave...

At Opatička Street 10 in Zagreb stands a palace known to the wider public for the Golden Hall. It is situated on the eastern edge of the Gradec plateau, along the line of the former medieval defensive wall, so it is of interest to anyone touring the historic Upper...

The Zagreb Fair is located on the right bank of the Sava, in the City of Zagreb, and it is of interest not only to those who come for trade fair events. The whole ensemble is an example of mid-20th-century urban planning, and so it is of interest to lovers of architecture. The...

The complex of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is one of the most recognisable ensembles in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. Besides the sacral building, it includes the episcopal fortress, the archbishop's court and a park, and so it offers the visitor...

Arena Zagreb is the largest sports hall (arena) in Croatia. It was built in 2008 (when Croatia was the host) for the 21st World Men's Handball Championship. Arena Zagreb became a new architectural symbol of the city, and a recognisable feature of the skyline in the...

The Maksimir Football Stadium is located in the eastern part of the city, opposite Maksimir Park. The stadium was officially opened on 5 May 1912. It has been renovated several times, so today the stadium has four stands marked north, east, west and south. All places...

The football stadium in Zagreb, the Kranjčevićeva stadium (formerly the Concordia Stadium), is located in Kranjčevićeva street in Trešnjevka. The clubs NK Zagreb, NK Lokomotiva and NK Rudeš play at this stadium. Before World War II, HŠK Concordia played at the...