"A woman from Zagreb will readily leave her town, but will then become a victim of severe homesickness. When you meet her somewhere far from Zagreb you get to know about the city in a concise and somewhat idealized and sentimental way." ~ Veselko Tenzera (1942-1985, Croatian writer and journalist ) I have decided that each time I visit my beloved native town of Zagreb, I will focus on just one or two of its many beautiful and interesting sites and take a handful of key photos to post here on my blog. To start with, on my brief visit at the beginning of this month I chose one of the most remarkable and obvious choices - the historic Stone Gate. This fascinating piece of architecture was first mentioned in the medieval times and used to be one of the entrances into the Zagreb old town, called "Upper Town". North entrance, which is the entrance from the lower town. In 1731 the city was consumed by a huge fire, and according to a legend, in the flat above th...
Ahhh...to je grad.....uvijek poželim ponovo vidjeti ga....hvala ti na podsjetniku...:-)
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