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shotatgettinghiswayfromAustriathanfromHungary.Jela
č
i
ć
chosethelesseroftwoevils
and fought alongside the Habsburgs to put down the Hungarian uprising. A century later, in
the Yugoslav era, Jela
č
i
ć
was considered a dangerously nationalistic symbol, and this statue
wasdismantledandstoredaway.ButwhenCroatiabrokeawayin1991,Croatianpatriotism
was in the air, and Jela
č
i
ć
returned. Though Jela
č
i
ć
originally faced his Hungarian foes to
the north, today he's staring down the Serbs to the south.
Get oriented. As you face Jela
č
i
ć
's statue, down a long block to your left is a funicular
that takes you up to one of Zagreb's original villages, Gradec. To the right, look for the TI.
If you exit the square ahead and to the right, you'll reach the city's other original village,