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March 16, 2009

Maksimir

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Maksimir

Maksimir

Maksimir is situated in the eastern part of the Zagreb. It was open to public in 1794 and was the first public promenade in this part of the Europe. It was named after its founder, the Zagreb bishop Maksimilian Vrhovec (1752 – 1827) who, apart from the archbishop Haulik, took the credit for its arrangement. Maksimir is arranged in the place of part of the oak woods in the middle of the 19th century.