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Stone Gate
The Stone Gate () is a landmark in the Upper Town of Zagreb, Croatia built between 1242 and 1266. Its present-day appearance dates from the 18th century. Interior The landmark is located at Kamenita Ulica 3, in Zagreb's Upper Town. Inside is a shrine to God's Mother of the Stony Gate, a name used for Mary, Mother of Jesus when referring to her as the patron saint of the city of Zagreb. The shrine contains a gilded icon of Mary holding baby Jesus, which supposedly survived a fire that occurred in the shrine. The southern and eastern walls of the shrine contain prayers carved into the marble. There is also a series of benches and a table to light candles for prayer. In Croatian society The Shrine is considered a holy place among Catholics in Zagreb, who often come to light candles and pray to Mary at the location. The landmark is included in the Registry of the Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Croatia, managed by the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media. The Stone G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gornji Grad, Zagreb
Gornji grad (meaning "Upper Town") is a part of Zagreb, Croatia, and together with Kaptol it is the medieval nucleus of the city, when it was best known as Gradec () or Grič (, , ). It is situated on the hill of Grič. Today this neighbourhood forms part of the Gornji Grad-Medveščak district. History Gradec was given a royal charter by King Béla IV in 1242. The royal charter, also called the Golden Bull, was a very important document by which Gradec was declared and proclaimed "a free royal city on Gradec, the hill of Zagreb". This act made Gradec a feudal holding responsible directly to the king. The citizens were given rights of different kinds; among other things they were entitled to elect their own city magistrate () fulfilling the role of mayor. They were also entitled to manage their own affairs. The citizens engaged in building defensive walls and towers around their settlement, fearing a new Mongol invasion. They completed the defensive system at a time betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city itself had a population of 767,131, while the population of Zagreb metropolitan area is 1,086,528. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Šćitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851, Janko Kamauf became Zagreb's List of mayors of Zagreb, first mayor. Zagreb has special status as a Administrative divisions of Croatia, Croatian administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's Administrative divisions of Croatia, primary subdivisions, with Counties of Croatia, twenty counties. Other major urban centers include Split, Croatia, Split, Rijeka and Osijek. The country spans , and has a population of nearly 3.9 million. The Croats arrived in modern-day Croatia, then part of Illyria, Roman Illyria, in the late 6th century. By the 7th century, they had organized the territory into Duchy of Croatia, two duchies. Croatia was first internationally recognized as independent on 7 June 879 during the reign of Duke Branimir of Croatia, Branimir. Tomislav of Croatia, Tomis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrčak
The University Computing Centre in Zagreb (, abbreviated SRCE, which also means "heart") has a long tradition in the area of information and communication technologies. It was founded in 1971 within the University of Zagreb, the only Croatian university at the time, with the purpose to enhance the implementation of information technologies in the academic community as well as in Croatia in general. Today, SRCE is the main computing centre and the architect of the e-infrastructure, covering both the University of Zagreb and the whole research and high education system. Furthermore, SRCE is the competence center for information and communication technologies as well as the center for education and support in the area of ICT application. Mission The University Computing Centre – SRCE provides support to the academic community in building the information society in the Republic of Croatia through the implementation of the latest information and communication technologies, high qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary, Mother Of Jesus
Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, various titles such as Perpetual virginity of Mary, virgin or Queen of Heaven, queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto. The Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Reformed Christianity, Reformed, Baptist, and Lutheran churches believe that Mary, as mother of Jesus, is the Theotokos, Mother of God. The Church of the East historically regarded her as Christotokos, a term still used in Assyrian Church of the East liturgy. Other Protestant views on Mary vary, with some holding her to have lesser status. She has the Mary in Islam, highest position in Islam among all women and is mentioned numerous times in the Quran, including in a chapter Maryam (surah), named after her.Jestice, Phyllis G. ''Holy people of the world: a cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patron Saint
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person. The term may be applied to individuals to whom similar roles are ascribed in other religions. In Christianity Saints often become the patrons of places where they were born or had been active. However, there were cases in medieval Europe where a city which grew to prominence obtained for its cathedral the remains or some relics of a famous saint who had lived and was buried elsewhere, thus making them the city's patron saint – such a practice conferred considerable prestige on the city concerned. In Latin America and the Philippines, Spanish and Portuguese explorers often named a location for the saint on whose feast or commemoration day they first visited the place, with that saint naturally becoming the area's patron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Christianity, central figure of Christianity, the Major religious groups, world's largest religion. Most Christians consider Jesus to be the Incarnation (Christianity), incarnation of God the Son and awaited Messiah#Christianity, messiah, or Christ (title), Christ, a descendant from the Davidic line that is prophesied in the Old Testament. Virtually all modern scholars of classical antiquity, antiquity agree that Historicity of Jesus, Jesus existed historically. Accounts of Life of Jesus, Jesus's life are contained in the Gospels, especially the four canonical Gospels in the New Testament. Since the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Quest for the historical Jesus, academic research has yielded various views on the historical reliability of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Aéroport
Paris Aéroport (), formerly Aéroports de Paris (ADP), is the passenger brand subsidiary of Groupe ADP which operated the airports of Paris and its region, including Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly and Paris–Le Bourget. The company is headquartered at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Tremblay-en-France, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the Paris metropolitan area. Background The brand Paris Aéroport has been created on 14 April 2016 as part of a programme called ''Connect 2020.'' The plan involved creation of two new brands. One to operate the 3 Parisian international airports (Orly, Le Bourget, Charles de Gaulle) under the brand Paris Aéroport. And all other airport-related subsidiaries were gathered into one institutional brand, Groupe ADP. Description Paris Aéroport replaced the Air France bus shuttles from the Parisian airports to the capital with its own '' Le Bus Direct'' bus shuttles fleet and added more stop points throughout Paris. Paris Aéroport, as of 2017, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Culture And Media (Croatia)
The ministry of Culture and Media () is a ministry of the Croatian government in charge of preserving the country's natural and cultural heritage and overseeing its development. The ministry in its present form was created in 1994 in the Cabinet of Nikica Valentić, as the culture portfolio had previously been part of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (1990–93) and the Ministry of Culture and Education (1993–94). List of ministers The following is the list of officials who held the post of culture ministers since 1990. Unless otherwise noted, the portfolio only included culture, and officials were titled Ministers of Culture. Notes :nb 1. As Minister of Education, Culture and Sports :nb 2. As Minister of Education, Culture and Sports (15 April 1992 – 3 April 1993); as Minister of Culture and Education (3 April 1993 – 18 October 1994) :nb 3. As Minister of Culture and Media, 23 July 2020–present See also *Vladimir Nazor Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goldsmith's Treasure
''The Goldsmith's Treasure'' ( Croatian: ''Zlatarovo zlato'') is a historical novel by Croatian novelist August Šenoa, among the most distinguished works of 19th-century Croatian literature as well as the most well-known piece of literature on Zagreb. Set in 16th-century Zagreb, right after Croatian-Slovene Peasant Revolt, the novel depicts Zagreb's urban life, fall of nobility and rise of citizenry that is slowly taking over institutions of society, intertwined by a plot of forbidden youth love of Dora, a goldsmith's daughter, and Pavle, a nobleman. The novel was originally published in serial form between August and December 1871 in Vienac magazine. It was subsequently translated into Czech, Esperanto, French, German, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Slovene. The first translation into English was published in 2015 and in 2020 in Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Šenoa
August Ivan Nepomuk Eduard Šenoa (; originally Schönoa; 14 November 1838 – 13 December 1881) was a Croatian novelist, playwright, poet, and editor. Born to an ethnic German and Slovak family, Šenoa became a key figure in the development of an independent literary tradition in Croatian and shaping the emergence of the urban Croatian identity of Zagreb and its surroundings at a time when Austrian control was weaning. He was a literary transitional figure, who helped bring Croatian literature from Romanticism to Realism and introduced the historical novel to Croatia. He wrote more than ten novels, among which the most notable are: (' The Goldsmith's Treasure'; 1871), ('Pirates of Senj', ; 1876), ('The Peasant Revolt'; 1877), and ''Diogenes'' (1878). Šenoa was one of the most popular Croatian novelists in his day, and the author of the popular patriotic song " Živila Hrvatska". Biography Šenoa was born in Zagreb on 14 November 1838 to Alois Schönoa, an ethni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
