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Street-by-Street: the Upper Town (Gornji grad)

In the Upper Town there are various institutions which have
played a significant part in the history of the city and of 7 Croatian Natural
Croatia. They now house the political and cultural centres History Museum
of the country: the presidency of the Republic, Parliament, Created from three collections, the
the State Audit Court and several government ministries. museum houses most of the finds
from Krapina, which date human
All of these buildings were restored, repaired or rebuilt after presence in Croatia back to the
the terrible earthquake of 1880. Some of the ancient noble Palaeolithic era.
palaces have been converted into museums. There are also
three interesting churches: the ancient church of St Mark,
the Baroque church of St Catherine built by the Jesuits, and
the church of Saints Cyril and Methodius. The daily signal to
close the city gates was rung from the medieval tower of D E M E T R O V A A
Lotrščak (Turris Latruncolorum). Č K
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The building dates from the 17th century and was
built after the city became the seat of the Ban
(governor of Croatia) in 1621. It now houses the
presidency of the Republic.
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This museum, housed in the Vojković-Oršić- O
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documents collected since 1959. M
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Built by Orthodox
Christians in the first half
of the 19th century, the t Tower of Lotrščak
church, designed by At noon every day a cannon is
Bartol Felbinger, has a fired from this tower, which
fine iconostasis. dates from the 12th century.
e . Croatian Museum
of Naive Art
A wonderful collection of Classical Key
Croatian Naive paintings and sculptures Suggested route
are on display at this museum.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp230–31 and pp245–7

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