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Pantovcak

Pantovčak is a neighborhood in Zagreb, Croatia. Its formal location is the Gornji Grad - Medveščak city district. The Pantovčak street runs from the Britanski trg near Ilica towards Medvednica, ending at Šestinski vijenac . The neighbourhood is officially referred to as "Dr...

) in Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

 is the official residence

Official residence

An official residence is the residence at which heads of state, heads of government, gubernatorial or other senior figures officially reside...

 of the President of Croatia

President of Croatia

The President of Croatia , officially styled the President of the Republic represents the Republic of Croatia in the country and abroad as the head of state, maintains the regular and coordinated operation and stability of the national government system, and safeguards the independence and...

. The president does not actually live in the building as it is used to house the Office of the President of Croatia rather than as a residence. The structure covers 3700 square metres (4,425.2 sq yd) and in 2009 government budget

Government budget

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, it was allocated 54 million kuna

Croatian kuna

The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....

 ( 7.3 million euro

Euro

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). As of May 2008, the office employed 170 staff with the maximum staffing level set at 191 by the Regulation on Internal Organisation of the Office of the President of Croatia. It is used as the official residence since then president Franjo Tuđman moved there following October 1991 bombing of Banski dvori

Bombing of Banski dvori

The Bombing of Banski dvori was a Yugoslav People's Army air strike on Banski dvori, the official residence of the Government of Croatia in Zagreb, on 7 October 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence....

. In addition to the original building, there is also a 3500 square metres (4,186 sq yd) annex built in 1993, an ancillary structure housing office security services and bomb shelter

Bomb shelter

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 predating the 1990s. The building, formerly known as Villa Zagorje or Tito's Villa, was designed by architects Vjenceslav Richter

Vjenceslav Richter

Vjenceslav Richter was a Croatian architect. He was also known for his work in the fields of urbanism, sculpture, graphic arts, painting and stage design.-Career:...

 and Kazimir Ostrogović and completed in 1964 for the former Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito

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