Capital of an independent state since 1991, ZAGREB has served as the cultural and political focus of the nation since the Middle Ages. The city grew out of two medieval communities, Kaptol , to the east, and Gradec , to the west, each sited on a hill and divided by a river long since dried up but nowadays marked by a street known as Tkalciceva. Kaptol (meaning "Cathedral Chapter") was a religious centre and the seat of an archbish... [More]