We’ve made Zagreb a very short stop on our trip. After already visiting, Dubrovnik, Split, Korcula Island and Plitvice in Croatia we are keen to move further North as quickly as possible as we only have a few weeks left before our flight out of Poland back to the UK (and there is still so much to see).
Kaptol Square is dominated by the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, formerly known as St Stephen’s. Its twin spires soar over the city. Although the cathedral’s original Gothic structure has been transformed many times over, the sacristy still contains a cycle of frescoes dating from the 13th century. An earthquake in 1880 badly damaged the cathedral; reconstruction in a neo-Gothic style began around the turn of the 20th century.
Another prominent sight in Zagreb is St Mark’s church. Its colourful tiled roof, constructed in 1880, has the medieval coat of arms of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia on the left side, and the emblem of Zagreb on the right. The Gothic portal, composed of 15 figures in shallow niches, was sculpted in the 14th century.
We really have rushed this city but perhaps unfairly, many other travellers have told us if there is one city to skimp on in Croatia, it is Zagreb – so onwards we go – next stop Ljubljana.
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