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Zagreb fires and the (re)construction of the city in the 17th and 18th centuries

The great fires of 1624, 1645, 1706, and especially 1731, which destroyed significant parts of the city, largely determined the later development of Zagreb, respectively Gradec. After the last fire, the process of the transformation of the then wooden city into of masonry, to paraphrase Lelja Dobronić, begin intensively. Based on the acts and decisions of the city administration from the 17th and 18th centuries as well as the provisions of the city statute from 1732 and 1755, it is possible to reconstruct the ideas that guided the city authorities and individuals, prominent patrons, in their efforts of rebuilding the city after these disasters. In addition to repairs to damaged buildings, all documents emphasize the need for rapid reconstruction and construction on abandoned plots, in order to restore life in the city as soon as possible. The renovation of the city palaces was guided by the idea of repairing and beautifying the image of the city (especially for the aeria next to St. Mark's Square). The catastrophic fire of 1731, conditioned the development of later devotions in the city: the painting of the Virgin of the Stone Gate which survived the fire began to be worshiped as the patron saint of the city, which has persisted to this day. The rapid and intensive reconstruction of the city and buildings in the 18th century has an additional importance seen from today's perspective of the slow and administratively stalled reconstruction of the city after the recent catastrophic earthquakes.

Fires, Gradec/Zagreb, reconstruction, 17th century, 18th century

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