On the occasion of Day of the City of Zagreb and the feast of Our Lady of the Stone Gate, the patroness of our city, we are bringing a story of veneration of Our Lady of the Stone Gate. The veneration of Our Lady of the Stone Gate is based on a legend of a […]
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Inspired by Central Europe many new societies were established in Zagreb in the second half of the 19th century as a new form of social life and communication. In addition to cultural, workers’, choral, sporting, and entertainment societies, there were numerous voluntary humanitarian organisations, as well as societies where intellectuals gathered to discuss science and […]
Zagreb architect Bartol Juraj Felbinger (Cheb, Czech Republic, 15 September, 1785 – Zagreb, 17 February, 1871) was the most significant and productive Croatian architect of the first half of the 19th century, as well as a prominent representative of classicist architecture in Zagreb and continental Croatia. As the son of a builder, Felbinger arrived to […]
Did you know that International Beauty Day is celebrated on 9 September? Belgium, where beauty pageants have been held since 1888, is considered the birthplace of beauty competitions. A young lady from Croatia, Štefica Vidačić, was crowned Miss Yugoslavia in 1927 in Vienna and was also named the most beautiful woman in Europe! Beauty insurance, […]