Legendary
Sight
St Mark's Church
A medieval church crowned by a famous tiled roof bearing the coats of arms of Croatia and Zagreb.
Photo: Jorge Franganillo / CC BY 2.0
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Mimara Museum
A globe-spanning art collection in a neo-Renaissance palace.
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA
Why it is worth your time
One man's astonishing bequest fills this grand school-turned-museum on Roosevelt Square: paintings attributed to Raphael, Rembrandt, Velázquez and Goya, Chinese jade, Persian carpets and ancient glass, gathered by the collector Ante Topić Mimara. Sweeping and slightly mysterious, provenance debates and all, it is Zagreb's richest single hoard of world art.
Croatia Atlas tip
Go straight to the painting rooms upstairs first: that's where the Old Master highlights hang.
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Hidden gem
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Meštrović Atelier
The home and studio of Croatia's greatest sculptor.
Photo: Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA 4.0
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Grič Tunnel
A WWII shelter tunnel threading under the Upper Town.
Photo: Miroslav Vajdic from Zagreb, Croatia / CC BY-SA 2.0
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