At St Mark's church

Avoiding the rain in Zagreb

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August 30th 2010
We arrived in Zagreb in the rain but it cleared up pretty much as soon as we got there. We went on a walking tour which took us from the cathedral, through the old town gate to Gornji grad (the upper town) where we saw the colourful roof of St Mark's church and stood by Lotrščak Tower where you can see over much of the newer part of the city. We got some very nice bread from a bakery for lunch ... read more

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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more