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19-610: Gornji Grad–Medveščak is a district with a high number of historic sites and tourist attractions. Gradec and Kaptol , the two distinct cores of medieval Zagreb, are forming today's Upper Town, and both are parts of this district. The city's Cathedral , the St. Mark's Church and the Croatian Parliament are located in Gornji Grad, as is the popular pedestrian café street Tkalčićeva . There are also other noteworthy objects located outside

38-437: A new Mongol invasion . They completed the defensive system at a time between 1242 and 1261. It could be rightly assumed that by building its fortification walls in the middle of the 13th century, Gradec acquired its outward appearance that can be clearly seen in today's Upper Town (Gornji Grad). The defensive walls enclosed the settlement in the shape of a triangle, its top located near the tower called Popov toranj and its base at

57-547: Is a part of Zagreb , Croatia , and together with Kaptol it is the medieval nucleus of the city. It is situated on the hill of Grič. Today this neighbourhood forms part of the Gornji Grad-Medveščak district. Gradec was given a royal charter by King Béla IV in 1242. The royal charter, also called the Golden Bull , was a very important document by which Gradec was declared and proclaimed "a free royal city on Gradec,

76-451: Is the parish church of old Zagreb , Croatia , located in St. Mark's Square . It is one of the oldest architectural monuments in Zagreb. The Romanesque window found in its south facade is the best evidence that the church must have been built as early as the 13th century as is also the semicircular ground-plan of St. Mary's chapel (later altered). In the second half of the 14th century,

95-455: The 2020 Zagreb earthquake (vaults and Gothic ribs were damaged, in some parts the ceiling separated from the wall, the capstone on the southern portal fell); the tower and the sanctuary remained almost undamaged, as well as the wall paintings; chapel of St. Fabijana and Sebastijana suffered minor damage, and from 12 October 2020, access and movement on St. Mark's Square is limited due to 2020 St. Mark's Square attack . On 3 December 2023, after

114-508: The 14th century). The Gothic composition of the portal consists of fifteen effigies placed in eleven shallow niches. On top are the statues of Joseph and Mary with the infant Jesus, and below them one can see St. Mark and the Lion; the Twelve Apostles are placed on both sides of the portal (four wooden statues replaced the original ones which had been destroyed). In its artistic composition and

133-547: The Ribnjak park, then widening and changing name to Medveščak street until Gupčeva zvijezda, and again changing name in the north to Ksaver. The road is the main tram connection for Medveščak (lines 8 and 14). The district is also connected in its southern borders by many other important tram lines that run along Ilica , Jurišićeva and Vlaška streets. The short historic Zagreb funicular connects Lower and Upper town, and several less frequent (every 20–45 minutes) bus routes run through

152-459: The church was radically reconstructed. It was then turned into a late Gothic church of the three-nave type. Massive round columns support heavy ribbed vaults cut in stone and an air of peace and sublimity characterizes the church interior in its simplicity. The most valuable part of St. Mark's Church is its south portal, considered to be the work of sculptors of the Parler family from Prague (end of

171-463: The completion of the constructive and complete renovation, on the first Sunday of Advent , the first mass was celebrated in the parish church. The mass was celebrated and the church was blessed by Msgr. Mijo Gorski, assistant bishop of Zagreb, with the concelebration of Vladimir Magić, pastor and rector of the Academic Church of St. Katarina and Tomislav Haček, pastoral assistant. Singing at the mass

190-469: The corner of St. Mark's Square and the present day Street of Ćiril and Metod, was a Town Hall , the seat of the city administration in medieval times. The building has gone through a number of alteration and reconstruction phases, and today this old Town Hall still keeps its doors open for the meetings of the Zagreb City Council. On 22 March 2020, the parish church of St. Mark was badly damaged in

209-641: The east side of St. Mark's Square. In 2008, Gornji Grad was closed to car traffic except for residents, making it a primarily pedestrian zone. In 2014, Zagreb Administrative Court struck down the order prohibiting other cars from parking at residents' parking spaces, and car access and parking was again allowed on Gornji Grad, albeit at a hefty fee for non-residents. 45°49′00″N 15°58′26″E  /  45.81667°N 15.97389°E  / 45.81667; 15.97389 St. Mark%27s Church, Zagreb The Church of St. Mark ( Croatian : Crkva sv. Marka , pronounced [tsr̩kʋa sʋetoɡ mar̩ka] )

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228-471: The east. Kamenita vrata is the only gate still preserved to date. Gornji Grad is a local government unit, encompassing a population of 3,432. Undoubtedly, the focal point of Gornji Grad is the square around St. Mark's Church that had been called St. Mark's Square for years. St. Mark's Church is the parish church of Old Zagreb. When guilds developed in Gradec in the 15th, and later in the 17th century, being

247-428: The hill of Zagreb". This act made Gradec a feudal holding responsible directly to the king. The citizens were given rights of different kinds; among other things they were entitled to elect their own city magistrate ( Croatian : gradski sudac ) fulfilling the role of mayor . They were also entitled to manage their own affairs. The citizens engaged in building defensive walls and towers around their settlement, fearing

266-653: The hilly and less populated northern areas. Belonging to the districts with a population between 30,000 and 50,000, Gornji Grad – Medveščak is governed by a council consisting of 15 councilmen appointed at the 2017 local elections . 45°49′41.69″N 15°58′45.68″E  /  45.8282472°N 15.9793556°E  / 45.8282472; 15.9793556 Gradec, Zagreb Gradec ( Croatian pronunciation: [grǎdet͡s] ), Grič ( Croatian pronunciation: [grîːtʃ] , Hungarian : Gréc , Latin : Mons Graecensis prope Zagrabiam ) or Gornji Grad (meaning "Upper Town", cf. Donji grad , "Lower Town")

285-521: The number of statues, this portal is the richest and the most valuable Gothic portal in southern Central Europe. Outside, on the northwest wall of the church lies the oldest coat of arms of Zagreb with the year 1499 engraved in it (the original is kept in the Zagreb City Museum ). On the roof, tiles are laid so that they represent the coat of arms of Zagreb (white castle on red background) and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia . As

304-491: The oldest historical towns, such as city's monumental cemetery Mirogoj that was built since 1876, located further north. It is bordered by four other districts: Donji Grad to the south, Črnomerec to the west, Maksimir to the east and Podsljeme to the north. The most important arterial road in Gornji Grad–Medveščak flows between its southern and northern border, starting as a narrow Ribnjak street alongside

323-501: The societies of craftsmen, their members including masters, journeymen and apprentices would gather regularly in St. Mark's Church. On the opposite side of the Square at the corner of Basaričekova Street lies the St. Mark's parish office. The house has been standing there since the 16th century, although it underwent reconstruction in the 18th century and had an extension added in the 19th century. At

342-586: The south wall (today's Strossmayer Promenade) and Lotrščak tower, which could be explained by the shape of the hill. In some places, rectangular and semicircular towers fortified the defensive walls. There were four main gates leading to the town: the west gate in the Mesnička Street, the new north gate, later known as the Opatička Street gate, Dverce in the south and the Kamenita vrata (English: Stone gate ) in

361-634: The west end of St. Mark's Square, the mansion called Banski dvori , the former residence of the Civil Governor of Croatia ( Croatian : Ban ), was built at the beginning of the 19th century and yet, it can be classed among the Zagreb antiquities. Banski dvori , along with the Baroque mansion beside it, is the seat of the Government of the Republic of Croatia . Since 1734, the Croatian Parliament has taken up

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