St. Mark's Square ( hr, Trg svetog Marka, abbreviated ''Trg sv. Marka'', also known as ''Markov trg'') is a square located in the old part of

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, called Gradec or Gornji grad ( en, Upper town). In the center of square is located St. Mark's Church. The square also sports important governmental buildings: Banski dvori (the seat of the Government of Croatia),

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( hr, Hrvatski sabor) and

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. On the corner of St. Mark's Square and the Street of Ćiril and Metod is the

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, where the Zagreb City Council held its sessions. In 2006, the square underwent a renovation project. In August 2005, the Government forbid any form of protests on St. Mark's Square, which caused controversies in Croatian civil society. This ban was partially lifted in 2012. Until 2020 the square was also the site of the inaugurations of Croatia's presidents.

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took his oath as President of the Republic in 1992 and 1997,

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in 2000 and 2005,

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in 2010, and

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in 2015. However, in 2020

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decided to take his oath in the Presidential Palace instead.

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