Culture Šalata

fran kušan botanical garden in schrottova street

the neighborhood cultural center of gornji grad - medveščak city district. houses 2 privately owned theaters: mala scena @ intersection of grškovićeva street , medveščak road, , Žar ptica on far northern part of bijenička road. in addition this, Šalata renowned being home of many influential croatian artists, such sculptor vanja radauš, owned atelier on zmajevac street , painter vasilije jordan.

Šalata known throughout zagreb festivals, including Šalata open air festival, inmusic festival, concerts on Šrc Šalata football stadium, , others. these concerts host world-famous bands , singers, such morrissey, korn, franz ferdinand or faithless. papaya nightclub (now called euphoria Šalata) located in neighborhood, near pool of Šrc Šalata.

the biggest cemetery in zagreb, mirogoj, located directly north of Šalata, reachable bijenička road , bollé street. heavily visited tourist destination. mirogoj built in 1879, shutting down 8 other older city cemeteries. major work of architect, hermann bollé. bollé responsible designing magnificent arcades, serve role of mirogoj western wall, while @ same time being used graves honored citizens of zagreb. tributes city, bollé buried in mirogoj arcades , street leading mirogoj bijenička road named after him. mirogoj contains sculptures of many prominent croatian sculptors, such dušan džamonja or ivan meštrović. on mirogojska road north of mirogoj, krematorij located. smaller cemetery devoted cremations.