Gornji Grad ("Upper Town") is a

city district A City district is a designated administrative division that is generally managed by a local government. It is used to divide a city into several administrative units. City districts are used in Russia (raion), Pakistan and Croatia ( hr, gradsk ...

in the center of

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

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. It has 16,520 inhabitants distributed in 6,210 households. It is the biggest and the most important district of Osijek. The most famous attractions of Osijek are located in Gornji Grad, such as Co-cathedral,

Ante Starčević Square Ante Starčević Square ( hr, Trg Ante Starčevića) is the central square of the city of Osijek, Croatia, named after Ante Starčević. It is colloquially referred to as ''Trg'' ("the square"). It has the shape of an isosceles right angle triang ...

, Croatian National Theatre, County palace and

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. Day of the city district is on 29 June, on feast of

Saint Peter Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...

and

Paul Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

History

Gornji Grad has been built urbanistic systematic and properly. In 1732 it was built church of Saint Peter and Paul, on whose place will be later erected today co-cathedral. Some streets, such as

European Avenue European Avenue ( hr, Europska avenija) is a street in Osijek, Croatia. It is the most representative and perhaps beautiful street in Osijek, with its string of secession buildings. History Osijek is particularly famous for its Secessionist ...

, Županijska, Jägerova, Sunčana, Zrinjevac, Kačićeva, Radićeva, Kapucinska, Neumannova, Stepinčeva and Reisnerova Street have been built between 1866 and 1910. From 1894 to 1898 the new, bigger church of Saint Peter and Paul was built, which is today

Osijek co-cathedral The Church of St Peter and St Paul ( hr, Crkva svetog Petra i Pavla), the co-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek, is a neo-Gothic sacral structure located in Osijek, Croatia. The multi-tiered 90-metre spire is one of th ...

and one of the most notable symbols of Osijek.

References

Districts of Osijek {{OsijekBaranja-geo-stub