Ban Josip Jelacic Square - details and images
The city's main square, Ban Josip Jelacic market, named after a Croatian count, in the nineteenth century. Once the goods market, now it is the meeting place of young people and the elderly and the place of cultural and sporting venues, of which the most important is the International Folklore Festival, which takes place every summer.
In the middle market, the haughty high equestrian statue of Josip Jelacic money, placed in the market in 1886. One night in 1947, the statue was replaced with that of Marx and Engels, and the market has gained a new name, the Republic Square. After the proclamation of the independent state of Croatia, in 1991, the market has returned to the old name and ban Josip Jelacic statue was restored and reinstated.
Besides there is a fountain, Mandusevac, which there is a legend that explains its name, but also one of the city. It is said that the prince returned from fighting, tired and thirsty (but, of course, victorious). Passing the fountain is the place where it is now well Mandusevac has seen with a girl named Manda, who asked him some water. This enabled him to drink from a ladle, "zagrabiti" in Croatian. Since then, the fountain is called Mandusevac (from TOR) and the city, Zagreb (from the zagrabiti). It's just a legend, but it's beautiful.
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