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The Old City Hall (Croatian: Stara gradska vijećnica) is a complex of three adjacent buildings located in the Gradec neighbourhood in Zagreb, Croatia.The three buildings were joined in the late 19th century and since then, the complex has served as the place where all sessions of the city assembly are held.
Stari Grad was originally named Faros (Greek: Φάρος) by the Greek settlers from the island of Paros, who arrived in 384 BC.While the name Faros is strikingly similar to the name of the Greek island the settlers arrived from, there is an alternate theory that it came from the previous inhabitants of the area.
Irfan Čengić (born 21 May 1992) is a Bosnian politician serving as municipal mayor of Stari Grad since November 2023. He previously served as member of the Federal House of Peoples from January to November 2023, and also served in the Federal House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022.
The term "Old Zagreb" was popularized by Gjuro Szabo, an admirer of Zagreb antiquities who advocated their conservation.Old Zagreb consisted of two settlements on neighboring hills - Gradec (also known as Gornji Grad) and Kaptol - and the houses in the valley between them along the former Medveščak creek (present-day Tkalčićeva Street).
The City Assembly of the City of Zagreb is the lawmaking body of the Croatian capital of Zagreb.It consists of 47 members who were elected by universal suffrage and secret ballot at 2017 elections for a term of four years.
The municipality of Stari Grad is characterized by its many religious structures, and examples of unique Bosnian architecture.The eastern half of Stari Grad consists of the Ottoman influenced sectors of the city, while the western half showcases an architecture and culture that arrived with Austria-Hungary, symbolically representing the city as a meeting place between East and West.
Novosti (Serbian Cyrillic: Новости, lit. ' The News ') is a Croatian weekly magazine based in Zagreb.It is published by the Serb National Council. [2] The organization was established in July 1997 in Zagreb, based on the provisions granting the right to self-government for Serbs in Croatia as set in the Erdut Agreement.
Zagreb City Museum or Museum of the City of Zagreb (Croatian: Muzej grada Zagreba) located in 20 Opatička Street, was established in 1907 by the Association of the Brethren of the Croatian Dragon (Croatian: Braća hrvatskoga zmaja).