Marin Držić Avenue () is an important north–south avenue in the central-eastern part of

Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...

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. It is named after

Marin Držić Marin Držić (; also ''Marino Darza'' or ''Marino Darsa''; 1508 – 2 May 1567) was a Croatian writer from Republic of Ragusa. He is considered to be one of the finest Renaissance playwrights and prose writers of Croatian literature. Li ...

, a famous Croatian

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from the 16th century. It starts at the

Petar Krešimir IV Petar (, sr-Cyrl, Петар) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. People mo ...

Square where it continues south from

Šubićeva Street image:Šubićeva kod Kvaternikovog trga.jpg, Northern end of Šubićeva looking south from Eugen Kvaternik Square Šubićeva Street () is a street in Zagreb, Croatia. It connects Eugen Kvaternik Square with Petar Krešimir IV Square. It is locate ...

. It intersects with the Branimir Avenue, Vukovar Avenue,

Slavonska Avenue Slavonska Avenue () is a limited-access avenue in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the longest street in Zagreb, being long. It mostly has a speed limit, although the speed is limited to on a short section near the Ivanja Reka interchange with the Zagr ...

(

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), Milka Trnina Street, Sajmišna Road ( parclo interchange) and ends at

Dubrovnik Avenue Dubrovnik Avenue () is an avenue located in the Novi Zagreb part of Zagreb, Croatia. It is mostly six or eight lanes wide. Built in the mid 1950s, it runs for 4 kilometers between the roundabout beneath the southward extension of the Youth Bridge ( ...

(

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), continuing south as Sarajevska Road. The avenue carries ZET tram tracks in the

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through the entire route. Zagreb's main bus station (''Autobusni kolodvor Zagreb'') is also located on the avenue. It passes through city districts

Trnje Trnje () is a district in the City of Zagreb, Croatia. According to the 2011 census, the district had 42,282 residents. It is located in the central part of the city, south of Donji grad across the railway ( Zagreb Main Station), east of Trešn ...

and

Novi Zagreb - istok Novi may refer to the following : Places and jurisdictions Balkans * Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Novi (medieval Herceg Novi), original name for Herceg Novi during medieval times (historically also known as Castelnuovo di Cattaro or ...

, at parts serving as a border between

and

Peščenica - Žitnjak Peščenica may refer to: *Peščenica or Stara Peščenica, a neighborhood of Zagreb, Croatia *Peščenica – Žitnjak, a city district of Zagreb *Republic of Peščenica The Republic of Peščenica (Croatian language, Croatian: Republika Peš ...

Notable Buildings

* The Zagreb Bus Terminal is located on 4 Marin Držić Avenue. * The Industrial high school of Engineering is on number 14.

External links

Roads in Zagreb Novi Zagreb {{Europe-road-stub