Croatian cultural heritage - Business - Hrvatska turistička zajednica

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Josip Jelačić in the middle of it (5), and whose name it carries.
The citizens of Zagreb are especially connected to this
statue because it was removed from the main square during
the Communist rule, and they gladly welcomed it back after
the realisation of Croatian independence in 1991.
There are also interesting buildings on the outskirts of the
Lower Town. Of these, the most famous one is the Home
of Croatian Artists, which was built in 1938 by the most
famous Croatian artist, Ivan Meštrović (16). Lower Town
palaces boast the most luxurious interiors (4 & 6) with valuable
furniture (9). The Oktogon passage is especially sophisticated
(10), and is a sort of forerunner of modern day shopping
centres.
On the edges of the Lower Town, new buildings such as the
“Cibona” skyscraper (11) have also risen, although such constructions
are more common in the more modern, southern
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