Gornji Grad–Medveščak (, ) is one of the districts of

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; ''Gornji Grad'' translates as "Upper Town", referring to its historical location on city's hillside, being above '' Donji Grad'' ("Lower Town"). The district is located in the central part of the city and, according to the 2011 census, it has 30,962 inhabitants spread over . Gornji Grad–Medveščak is a district with a high number of historic sites and tourist attractions. Gradec and Kaptol, the two distinct cores of

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Zagreb, are forming today's Upper Town, and both are parts of this district. The city's

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, the St. Mark's Church and the

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are located in Gornji Grad, as is the popular pedestrian café street Tkalčićeva. There are also other noteworthy objects located outside the oldest historical towns, such as city's monumental cemetery

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that was built since 1876, located further north. It is bordered by four other districts: Donji Grad to the south,

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to the west,

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to the east and

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to the north.

Streets and transport

The most important arterial road in

Gornji Grad–Medveščak Gornji Grad–Medveščak (, ) is one of the districts of Zagreb, Croatia; ''Gornji Grad'' translates as "Upper Town", referring to its historical location on city's hillside, being above ''Donji grad, Zagreb, Donji Grad'' ("Lower Town"). The dis ...

flows between its southern and northern border, starting as a narrow Ribnjak street alongside 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 the hilly and less populated northern areas.

Government

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.

List of neighborhoods in Gornji Grad–Medveščak

Gornji grad Gornji Grad (literally, 'upper castle' or 'upper town') may refer to: * Gornji Grad, Slovenia, a town northwest of Ljubljana and west of Celje * Gornji Grad, Zagreb, a historic city district of the Croatian capital * Gornji Grad, Osijek, a histori ...

* Gupčeva zvijezda * Kaptol * Kraljevec * Ksaver * Medveščak *

* Nova Ves *

Pantovčak Pantovčak () is a neighborhood in Zagreb, Croatia. Its formal location is the Gornji Grad - Medveščak city district. The Pantovčak street runs from the Britanski trg (British Square) near Ilica towards Medvednica, ending at ''Šestinski vij ...

* Petrova * Ribnjak *

Šalata Šalata () is a residential neighborhood in Zagreb, Croatia. It is administratively part of the Gornji Grad - Medveščak city district in the northern part of Zagreb and it has a population of 1,929. Šalata houses the Šalata Sport and Recre ...

Tkalčićeva Street Tkalčićeva Street (, formally: Ivan Tkalčić Street, ) is a street in the Zagreb, Croatia city center. Extending from the vicinity of the central Ban Jelačić Square to its northern end at the Little Street (), the street flows between the G ...

* Tuškanac * Voćarska * Zelengaj

References

External links

Zagreb Gornji Grad photos
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Streets and transport

Government

List of neighborhoods in Gornji Grad–Medveščak

See also

References

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