Zagreb Fair

Zagreb Fair
Zagrebački velesajam

Founded	1909 (as Zagrebački zbor) 1946 (as Zagrebački velesajam)
Headquarters	Zagreb, Croatia
Parent	Zagreb Holding
Website	www.zv.hr

Zagreb Fair (Croatian: Zagrebački velesajam) is a complex of exhibition pavilions in Zagreb, Croatia. The company which operates the venue carries the same name.

The Zagreb Fair is the main venue in Zagreb for trade shows and fairs. Every year more than 25 specialised events are held at the venue, attended by more than 6,000 participants from 50 countries.^[1] Apart from trade fairs it is also used as a convention center.^[2][3][4]

History

History of trade fairs in Zagreb dates back to 1242 when the Hungarian king Bela IV issued a Golden Bull declaring Zagreb a free royal city and granting it the right to hold fairs.^[5] The first international exhibition in Zagreb was held in 1864. "Zagreb assembly" (Croatian: Zagrebački zbor) was co-founded by Samuel David Alexander. The Zagreb Fair was also the first fair held in post-WWII Yugoslavia in 1947.^[6] In 1956 it was relocated to the newly constructed Novi Zagreb part of the city south of the river Sava.

Further reading

• Kraljević, Iva; Arčabić, Goran (January 2007). "Zagreb Fair in 1947: The First Fair Trade Exhibition in the Post-war Yugoslavia" (PDF). Review of Croatian History (Hrvatski institut za povijest) II (1): 153–164. Retrieved 4 December 2011. 

References

External links

• Official website

Zagreb History Timeline Golden Bull of 1242 Gradec Kaptol Krvavi most 1880 earthquake 1895 Emperor Franz Joseph visit 1995 rocket attacks 1995–97 Zagreb crisis Mayors Districts Brezovica Črnomerec Donja Dubrava Donji grad Gornja Dubrava Gornji grad-Medveščak Maksimir Novi Zagreb-istok Novi Zagreb-zapad Peščenica-Žitnjak Podsljeme Podsused-Vrapče Sesvete Stenjevec Trešnjevka-jug Trešnjevka-sjever Trnje Buildings and landmarks 1 Ilica Street Ban Jelačić Square Banski dvori British Square Cibona Tower Dolac Market General Post Office Ilica Street Jarun Kallina House Lotrščak Tower Maksimir Park Marshal Tito Square Medvedgrad Meštrović Pavilion Mirogoj Cemetery Nikola Šubić Zrinski Square Nine Views Old City Hall Rudolf barracks St. Mark's Square Tkalčićeva Street Zagrepčanka Sky Office Tower Jadranski Bridge Homeland Bridge HOTO Tower Eurotower Places of worship St. Mark's Church St. Catherine's Church Zagreb Cathedral Orthodox Cathedral Zagreb Mosque Zagreb Synagogue Evangelical Church Culture Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb Gavella Drama Theatre Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall National and University Library Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra The Cravat Regiment Galleries and museums Archaeological Museum Art Pavilion Croatian Museum of Naïve Art Croatian Railway Museum Ethnographic Museum Glyptotheque Klovićevi Dvori Gallery Lauba Mimara Museum Modern Gallery Museum of Arts and Crafts Museum of Broken Relationships Museum of Contemporary Art Strossmayer Gallery Technical Museum Zagreb City Museum Local media Newspapers: Jutarnji list Večernji list Broadcast radio: Radio 101 Radio Student Television stations: Jabuka TV Z1 Film companies: Croatia Film Jadran Film Zagreb Film Education High schools in Zagreb Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts University of Zagreb Academies: Dramatic Art Fine Arts Music Faculties: Architecture Chemical Engineering Dental Medicine Economics and Business Electrical Engineering and Computing Geodesy Humanities and Social Sciences Medicine Science Teacher Education Sports venues Arena Zagreb Dom Sportova Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall Maksimir Stadium Kranjčevićeva Stadium ŠRC Sesvete Stadium NŠC Stjepan Spajić Stadium Kajzerica Stadium (proposed) Transport Zagreb Airport Zagreb Glavni kolodvor Funicular Trams Commuter Rail Metro (proposed) Events Animafest Zagreb INmusic Festival Music Biennale Zagreb Zagreb Film Festival ZagrebDox Zagreb Fair Subversive Festival Sport events Golden Spin Hanžeković Memorial Snow Queen Trophy Zagreb Indoors

Coordinates: 45°46′40″N 15°58′12″E / 45.77778°N 15.97000°E / 45.77778; 15.97000