Steps and our Apartment

Day 36: Museums in Zagreb

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June 29th 2012
We got up late and headed to the art museums. We hiked up the hill to an area known as Gradec, or the old upper town. This area has museums as well as well as parliament (Sabor) and the government of Croatia (office ot the Prime Minister). There were lots of sleek black BMWs and Mercedes as well as flags and guards, and a TV reporter reporting, dressed in suit and tie and athletic shoes. W ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Central Croatia » Zagreb

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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