Gornji Grad ("Upper Town") is a

city district A city district, also known as an urban district or neighbourhood, is a designated administrative division that is generally managed by a local government. It is used to divide a city into several administrative units. City districts are used ...

in the center of

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

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. It has 16,520 inhabitants distributed in 6,210 households. It is the biggest and the most important district of Osijek. The most famous attractions of Osijek are located in Gornji Grad, such as

Co-cathedral A co-cathedral is a cathedral church which shares the function of being a bishop's seat, or ''cathedra'', with another cathedral, often in another city (usually a former see, anchor city of the metropolitan area or the civil capital). Instances o ...

Ante Starčević Square Ante Starčević Square () is the central square of the city of Osijek, Croatia, named after Ante Starčević. It is colloquially referred to as ''Trg'' ("the square"). It has the shape of an isosceles right angle triangle. It is located in the ...

, Croatian National Theatre, County palace and

Pedestrian bridge A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.''Oxford English Dictionary'' While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a ...

. Day of the city district is on 29 June, on feast of

Saint Peter Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the Jewish Christian#Jerusalem ekklēsia, e ...

and

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History

Source: Gornji Grad has been built urbanistic systematic and properly. In 1732 it was built church of Saint Peter and Paul, on whose place will be later erected today co-cathedral. Some streets, such as

European Avenue European Avenue () is a street in Osijek, Croatia. It is the most representative and perhaps beautiful street in Osijek, with its string of secession buildings. History Osijek is particularly famous for its Secessionist architecture, a ...

, Županijska, Jägerova, Sunčana, Zrinjevac, Kačićeva, Radićeva, Kapucinska, Neumannova, Stepinčeva and Reisnerova Street have been built between 1866 and 1910. From 1894 to 1898 the new, bigger church of Saint Peter and Paul was built, which is today

Osijek co-cathedral The Church of St Peter and St Paul (), commonly referred to as the Osijek Co-cathedral (), is a neo-Gothic co-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek, located in Osijek, Croatia. The multi-tiered 94-metre spire is one of the ...

and one of the most notable symbols of Osijek.

References

Districts of Osijek {{OsijekBaranja-geo-stub