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Postcards of Zagreb

The Croatian capital and main city with 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area, situated in the Central Croatia region to the north of the Medvednica mountain, on the banks of the Sava river. It was founded in 1094 by Hungarian King Ladislaus, who established a diocesis and a fortified settlement called Gradec.

Place: Zagreb - a night view of the beautiful illuminated Croatian National Theater, built in 1895.

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Place: Zagreb - the monument to Josip Jurai Strossmayer (1815 – 1905) Roman-Catholic bishop, benefactor and a politician, a work by Ivan Mestrovic - animated with children playing.

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Place: Zagreb - aerial view of the Kaptol area and the Cathedral with its typical 105m-high spires, added during a renovation following the ruinous 1880 earthquake to replace a former belltower.

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Place: Zagreb - the Joza Vlahovic square, animated, blue trolley and old van

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Place: Zagreb - the new part of the town, with typical socialist-era architecture

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Place: Zagreb - aerial view of the town centre, visible cars of the time, possibly 1980's

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Place: Zagreb - aerial view of the center, vintage black and white photo, visible the cathedral, 2 main squares, the top one with a market

Details: written, posted to Italy, dated 1963, stamp removed

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Place: Zagreb - a "Greetings from Zagreb" card, showing four landmarks

Details: posted to Italy, postmarked 1975, Yugoslavian stamp face value 200

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Place: Zagreb - the monument to King Tomislav I, the first king of Croatia who reigned until 928 AD.

Details: posted to Milan, Italy, postmarked 1973, 2 Yugoslavian stamps face values 0.50 and 0.80

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