Nikola Šubić Zrinski Square ( hr, Trg Nikole Šubića Zrinskog, popularly referred to as Zrinjevac) is a square and park in Donji Grad, the central part of

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, the capital of

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. It is located near the central Ban Jelačić Square, halfway towards the

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. It is a part of the '' Green horseshoe'' or ''Lenuci's horseshoe'' ( hr, Zelena potkova or ), which consists of seven squares in Donji grad. It is spread over an area of . The southern part of Zrinjevac sports busts of significant

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n people: Julije Klović,

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, Nikola Jurišić, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski and Ivan Mažuranić. In the middle of the park is a music pavilion built in 1891, gift of Eduard Prister, to the city of Zagreb. Several institution are based in buildings around Zrinjevac: * North side - The

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, * West side - The

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, * South side - The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters * East side - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and the Zagreb County Court.

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Squares in Zagreb Donji grad, Zagreb {{ZagrebCity-geo-stub