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Tourist information - Zagreb
Zagreb is a city and capital, northern Croatia, on the Sava River. One of the largest cities of Croatia and an important industrial center, Zagreb has plants producing chemicals, machinery, leather goods, paper, metals, and textiles. A noted cultural center also, the city has a university opened in 1669, an opera house, a viberant music, art, and film scene; museums along with art galleries and the former Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts all add to the colorful cultural life of the city. Noteworthy landmarks include an 18th-century palace and remnants of an 11th-century cathedral. Dining out and disco dancing offer an entertainment base for all visitors to the city along with the more demure cultural life.
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