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Central Post Office

It is always good to know where the Post Office is situated. The Central Post Office of Zagreb is located in Jurisiceva ulica 13, just a foot from the main square. It is operating from 8am to 8pm, everyday except saturday when it close at 1pm. The Post Office is closed completely on sundays and holidays.
Besides usual postal services there is Western Union too, what is good to know in case you left short with money and expecting to get it from home.

Zagreb loves flowers

Locals have highly developed sense of beauty and especially love flowers. Downtown abounds with parks that are daily treated, arrange with flowers and watered. Cituzens take care and look after their parks expecting the same from the visitors. Do not break the flowers and crops and do not leave trash behind when visiting the city parks.....

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Don Frane Bulic

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National Archive

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"Seljaci" by Ivan Meštrovic

This beautiful relief stand on the house nr. 4, which overlooking Trg Josip Jelacic but unfortunatelly not all visitors of Zagreb are noticing it. The house was built in the beginning of the 20th century by a local trader Popovic who ordered this relief from great Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic. During Secession such a reliefs were often placed on the homes of traders.
The relief was placed in 1907 and showing group of farmers. It is made of ceramics from famous Kalina factory. This is first work ever by Ivan Mestrovic which was exposed in public. Never before and never later on he used ceramics in his work. The relief could be considered something in between mid and bas-relief.

Playful boy

This is, no doubts about it, the merriest sculpture in Zagreb but unfortunatelly not many visitors will see it. Not even citizens of Zagreb know it well and where it is located.
It is situated in a small park in the Upper Town, at the end of the western side of Strossmayer promenade.

Let's hang cloths instead of meaningless scribblin

Let's hang cloths instead of meaningless scribblings on the walls, it looks more attractive, more clean and its replaceable. This fine idea can be seen in Zagreb, in the middle of notorious Tkalca.
If you love girl, you poor coward, tell it to her in the face and leave the city walls clean of your stupid doodles.

Žena na prozoru

This sculpture, situated in the midle part of Tkalciceva ulica, is work of the artist Vera Dajht Kralj. It is one of those piece of arts which stand in perfect harmony with the ambiance. The sculpture is called "Woman on the window", and may have multifunctional meaning to those who are watching at it, but for real city experts it has one meaning only.
In the very beginning of the 20th century Tkalciceva street was the city "red light zone" with many bordels and cabarets. Ladies of the night used to stand on their windows expecting for the clients. It is what have inspired the artist to create this sculpture.

Gallery Klovicevi dvori

Klovicevi dvori is a nice manor situated on Jezuitski trg 4 in the Upper Town. Only some 15 years ago this manor was turned into the gallery which became one of the most attractive space in the town for the important exibitions.
Those who are visiting Zagreb right now shouldn't miss to see the exsibition in course, dedocated to Edgar Degas.
Open 10:00 - 19:00 every day except on Monday. Admission 20kn.
Tel. 4851926
www.galerijaklovic.hr