Gradski trgovi - the City Squares, Zagreb

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The statue of Croatian viceroy Josip Jelacic was dismantling and removal under the Communist government. In 1991the statue was put back in place.
First the statue was situated on a different spot and turned towards Hungary, because the viceroy Josip Jelacic was chief of the command of the Austrian army which has succesfuly suffocated revolt of the Hungarians, at that time the part of K und K monarchy.
Check in enclousure the old photo of Zagreb dating from the end of 19th century, it shows where the moument stood at that time.
The statue is work of Antun Dominik Fernkom, from 1866.

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Bana Jelacica square is the main square in the old town of Zagreb. Located at the base of the Upper Town, Jelacica Square is a hive of activity especially on Sundays where a large open market sells fruits, flowers and other items. Small lanes radiate out from the square including the main shopping street Ilica. An equestrian statue of General Jelacica stands tall in the middle of the square.

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It's on the way to Gornji Grad, the Upper Town.

The statue in the pic is of Josip Jelaèiæ, a vice-roy of Croacia during Austrian-Hungarian rule.

He commanded the troops that defeated a Hungarian rebelion against Austria apparently to secure autonomy of Croatia from direct Hungarian administration.

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Trg Jelacica is Zagreb's main central square. The square is very attractive and is size strikes you coming from the small and narrow roads that lead into it. In and around the square you will find shops, cafes and bars. A lot of the trams routes also pass through here. In the centre of the square you can see a monument to Ban Josip Jelacic, a Croatian national hero afterwhich the square was named. In 1848 he defended the country from Hungarian invasion.

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On the walk between the train station and the main city square you will go either through or alongside three beautiful continuous parks. First up is Trg kralja Tomislava which contains a monument and an exhibition centre. Next is Strossmajerov trg where you can find the Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters followed by the fountains of Trg Nicole Subica Zrinjskog. You can often find stalls and commercial promotional people in this last square.

The walk is very pleasnent and it takes about 5mins to walk the length of the parks.

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You have to come to see Preradovicev Trg during the daytime so that, when you come here at night, you are not overwhelmed by the stimulation of so many people, so much music and so many bright lights that make up th vibrant Zagreb nightlife. During the day the square has plenty of people milling about, going to the various cafés and restaurants that line both the square and the streets tht lead off of it.

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Tomislav was a tenth century Croatian King and his statue is one of the first monuments you will see in Zagreb is you come in by train. It graces the beginning of Tomislavov Trg across from the station. The area around the statue is an open paved space where there may be free concerts and where, it appears, the government hands out free food to crowds of (mainly) pensioners in a bid to get them to pick up government sponsored information about health.

Unfortunately my keyboard doesn't work all that well with Eastern European diacritics, but the name of this square should be pronounced ye-la-chee-tya. It is named after Josip Jelacic, a 19th century colonel who was elevated to the position of Ban of Croatia and support Vienna against hungarian rebels who sought to split from the Hapsburg empire during the 1848 Revolution. This is the most central part of the city and the place to come if you are looking for tourist information, a bank machine that definitely works with foreign cards, a currency exchange, the main tram lines and dozens of cafés and shops (including the large Znanje bookshop). If you are in Croatia during some sort of international event like World Cup or the Olympics, this is also where outpourings of national pride will take place. The square was originally called Harmica because this is where the Hungarians collected taxes (from the Hungarian harmincad or thirtieth) and its name was changed again between 1945 and 1990, when the Communists christened the square Trg republike.