||Last Updated: Oct 24th, 2012 - 04:06:42 Croatia - Capital City
of Zagreb Zagreb, the capital of the Republic of Croatia, is one
of the oldest European cities and is yet one of Europe’s
youngest metropolises. The fact that the Zagreb archdiocese was
founded in 1094 and that the city was proclaimed a free royal
city in 1242, attests to its long history. Zagreb was founded in
a place where the last hills of the Alps merge towards the edge
of the Panonian valley, making it an ideal spot for building a
city within the Medvednica mountain hills (the highest point is
Sljeme at 1,035 meters. Zagreb has a story to tell and it has a
heart, a big heart. Aug 9, 2011, 12:09 Croatia - Color Map Use
this handy map to explore the country of Croatia. Aug 4, 2011,
15:49 Croatia - Economy Before the dissolution of Yugoslavia,
the Republic of Croatia, after Slovenia, was the most prosperous
and industrialized area, with a per capita output perhaps one-
third above the Yugoslav average. The economy emerged from its
mild recessio