Zagreb Through a Thousand Years
Author : Ivan Kampuš
Publisher :
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Zagreb (Croatia)
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Author : Ivan Kampuš
Publisher :
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Zagreb (Croatia)
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Author : Celia Hawkesworth
Publisher : Signal Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 20,25 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781904955306
Situated at the foot of a range of hills on the edge of the great Pannonian Plain, for most of its history Zagreb has been a small town to which things happened. Administered from 1102 by Hungary and later absorbed into the Habsburg Monarchy, Zagreb was under threat from the advancing Ottomans until the late sixteenth century. From the mid-nineteenth century onwards Zagreb developed steadily into a modern city, reflecting all the important trends in Central European culture, architecture and fashion. Its pretty centre is laid out according to a plan incorporating trees and public gardens, forming a "green horseshoe" lined with imposing buildings. Celia Hawkesworth explores this central core and the atmospheric old town on a rise above it, finding a mix of old and modern building, a rich cultural tradition and a vibrant outdoor cafe life, in which many of the individuals who have contributed to creating the city's unique inner life are commemorated in statues in the streets and squares.
Author : Pál Cséfalvay
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 11,44 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Christian art and symbolism
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Author : Lawrence D. Orton
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 29,77 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Croatia
ISBN :
Author : Francis H. Eterovich
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 44,45 MB
Release : 1964-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1487596766
This book represents a survey of the cultural and economic life of the Croatian people, who have long been noted for their significant contributions to the arts and the humanities. It contains a wealth of factual information on various aspects of one of the most interesting regions in Europe. The authors of the articles which make up this work are all specialists in their respective fields. They have compiled a scholarly review of many of the notable works by Croatian historians, political scientists, artists, and persons in other fields. There is also general information on various aspects of geography and demography, and statistics on population, ecology, religion, nationality and other important areas of Croatian life are included. Other important features are ten maps showing the administrative divisions of Yugoslavia and adjacent countries, and 32 pages of illustrations depicting folk arts, handicrafts, music, painting, sculpture and architecture. This reference work will be invaluable to libraries, and will be a useful source of information for historians, writers on Central European affairs, students of art and ethnic developments, and the layman interested in the Croatian people and their cultural history.
Author : Gyula Antalffy
Publisher :
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 42,54 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Hungary
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher : UM Libraries
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 18,21 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN :
Author : Marcus Tanner
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 32,94 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300091257
This second edition updates the account and follows Croatia's progress to democracy since the death of President Franjo Tudjman."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Woislav M. Petrovitch
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 17,33 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1465519327
Author : Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 14,91 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1466868309
From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as "the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date" (The Boston Globe), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic. This new edition of Balkan Ghosts includes six opinion pieces written by Robert Kaplan about the Balkans between 1996 and 2000 beginning just after the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and ending after the conclusion of the Kosovo war, with the removal of Slobodan Milosevic from power.