Nikola Šubić Zrinski Square (, 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 Ban Jelačić Square (; ) is the central square of the city of Zagreb, Croatia, named after ban Josip Jelačić. Its official name is and is colloquially called . The square is located below Zagreb's old city cores Gradec and Kaptol, just di ...

, halfway towards the Main Railway Station. It is a part of the '' Green horseshoe'' or ''Lenuci's horseshoe'' ( 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

n people: Julije Klović, Andrija Medulić, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Nikola Jurišić,

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. 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 Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia, * West side - The Zagreb Archaeological Museum, * South side - The

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

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File:Zrinjevac.j1.jpg, Nikola Šubić Zrinski Square, in the center of

. File:Zagreb - Meteorološki stup (45466099302).jpg, The Meteorological Pole in Zrinjevac was set up as a gift of a military doctor and amateur meteorologist Dr. Adolf Holzera. It was made of Istrian marble, meteorological instruments were acquired at Göttingen, and the clock was the work of Zagreb's König. Arch. Hermann Bollé File:Parque Nikola Šubić Zrinski, Zagreb, Croacia, 2014-04-20, DD 01.jpg, Music Pavilion File:Zrinjevacka ulica (kolovoz 2021) 002.jpg, Zrinjevac street with

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lines 6 & 13 File:Parque Nikola Šubić Zrinski, Zagreb, Croacia, 2014-04-20, DD 02.jpg, Fountain File:Park - panoramio (41).jpg, Flower path Squares in Zagreb Donji grad, Zagreb {{ZagrebCity-geo-stub