Katarina Zrinski Square - Zagreb Croatia

by Jasna Dragun

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Katarina Zrinski Square - Zagreb Croatia

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Jasna Dragun

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Photograph - Photography

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Church of St. Catherine is a Baroque church in Zagreb, Croatia famous baroque church. It is located on Katarina Zrinski Square, was built as part of the former Jesuit complex on Zagreb's Upper Town.
At the site of the present church originally stood in a small Dominican church from the 14th century, which was the then frequent Turkish incursions have been used as a military store. With the arrival of the Jesuits in Zagreb (first half of the 17th century.), Former small church submitted them to the administration. How they were the original church was too small and too a broken-down, they are between 1620 and 1632 built and furnished entirely new church. Next to the church and monastery were built (it is now Klovic yard). The church of St. Catherine is twice burned - 1645 and 1674, but in 1674 it burned down and all the equipment of the church, and the church burned to the ground. The re-equipping of the church helped Croatian nobles. In return, according to custom, then, you could set up your family crest or were given the honor of being buried in the church and placed gravestones. After the abolition of the Jesuits in 1773, St.. Catherine is committed to the parish of St. Mark 1783, and from 1874 he became a university church.
My original photo, captured in Zagreb, Croatia, December 2016 .

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December 19th, 2016

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