In the city of Zagreb, capital of Croatia

 Zagreb is a city with a rich history dating from Roman times. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Ščitarjevo.

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(in the capital city of Croatia) Zagreb is found on the slopes of Medvednica Hill to the north and the floodplain of the Sava River to the south. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851, Janko Kamauf became Zagreb's first mayor. Zagreb comprises a consolidated city-county; most of its 17 districts lie at a low elevation along the Sava valley, but northern and northeastern city districts, like Podsljeme and Sesvete are in the foothills of the Medvednica mountain.

+ Zagreb got its start as two medieval fortress towns atop hills overlooking the Sava, and was reborn in the Baroque period as a center of business on routes connecting Central Europe to the Adriatic Sea. Zagreb is now the heart of contemporary Croatia’s culture, art, sports, and academics, but its history is not forgotten. The unique blend of medieval towers, 19th century palaces, open-air markets, and ancient cathedrals, make Zagreb -- where I resided for nearly four years in the mid1990s -- a fascinating city to explore.

+The city has a beautiful medieval "old city" appearance, with buildings and cobblestone streets that are typical of Central European towns. In the north of the country, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of about 158 meters (518 ft.) above sea level. (The population of Zagreb's urban agglomeration is slightly above a million people.) Zagreb’s Old Town consists of two medieval settlements on the hill: Grič, the civil settlement, which was renamed Gradec (“Fortress”) when it was encircled by walls that were built to defend against the Mongols in the 13th century; and Kaptol, the ecclesiastical settlement, which was fortified in the 16th century. These two towns continued as rival entities until the 19th century, when a spate of new building joined them together and expanded south onto the Sava floodplain, with a rectilinear new town of squares and public buildings. The city experienced rapid growth from 1860 to 1914. Its expansion in the 20th century proceeded eastward and westward, and after 1945 new residential construction went up on the south (right) bank of the Sava river. (North of Medvednica Hill is the Zagorje region of woodlands, vineyards, attractive villages, and ancient châteaus.) The transport connections, the concentration of industry, scientific and research institutions (and industrial tradition) underlie its leading economic position in Croatia. Zagreb is the most important transport hub in Croatia: here Central Europe, the Mediterranean, and Southeast Europe meet, making the Zagreb area the center of the road, rail, and air networks of Croatia.