Maksimir
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Zagreb
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, Croatia
Croatia
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. Maksimir stadium
Maksimir Stadium
Maksimir Stadium is a stadium in the Croatian capital of Zagreb. It takes its name from the neighbourhood of Maksimir. It is primarily the home of Dinamo Zagreb, the top football team in the country. It is also home to Dinamo Zagreb's farm team NK Lokomotiva....
and Maksimir Park
Maksimir Park
Maksimir Park is Zagreb's oldest public park. It forms part of the city's cultural heritage and is a habitat for many different plant and animal species.-History:...
are located in it. It was named after the bishop Maksimilijan Vrhovac
Maksimilijan Vrhovac
Maksimilijan Vrhovac was the bishop of Zagreb. He was one of the ideological architects of the Croatian national revival. Vrhovac is well-remembered for his tireless work to collect the nation's spiritual treasure and spread the access to books among the Croatian people...
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The center of the Maksimir neighborhood is the Kvaternik Square, named after Eugen Kvaternik
Eugen Kvaternik
Eugen Kvaternik was a Croatian politician and revolutionary. Kvaternik and Ante Starčević formed the original Croatian Party of Rights together....
and frequently dubbed "Kvatrić". The square has recently been renovated and redesigned to alleviate major traffic congestion. The new square includes an underground parking garage. The local newspaper is called "Maksimir, moj kvart" (Maksimir, my neighborhood).
The Maksimir Park is one of the biggest parks in Zagreb. It also contains the Zagreb Zoo
Zagreb Zoo
Zagreb Zoo is one of three zoo parks in Croatia.It has 275 animal species represented by 2,225 animals and located within the Maksimir Park.The zoo opened its doors on June 27, 1925...
, which is the second-largest in Croatia; and five lake
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
s, called the Maksimir lakes.
List of neighborhoods in Maksimir
- Bukovac
- "Dinko Šimunović"
- Dobri dol
- Dotrščina
- "Eugen Kvaternik"
- Kozjak
- Maksimir
- Maksimirska naselja
- Mašićeva
- Remete
- Laščinska cesta
- Ružmarinka