- Velika Gorica
Velika Gorica is a town in
Zagreb county ,Croatia .Geography
Velika Gorica lies to the south-east of
Zagreb , nearZagreb Airport . It is part of the Zagrebmetropolitan area .Highway A11 (
Zagreb -Sisak ) is planned to become the western bypass of Velika Gorica. State route D31 will be the eastern bypass. It is planned that the bypasses will relieve the traffic along the overcrowded Velikogorička road, the fastest link between Zagreb and Velika Gorica as of now.Population
The population of the city itself (urban area) is 35.256 (2001), and administrative area of the city has a total of 63,517 residents.
Administration
History
Velika Gorica was founded in the year 1278. The whole region of
Turopolje has been populated since ancient times. The Roman city ofAndautonia was 8 km north-east from the present-day Velika Gorica.Economy
Notable residents and people from Velika Gorica
*
Vladimir Bakarić - Croatian communist and politician in Socialist Yugoslavia
*Igor Bišćan - football player (currently atNK Dinamo Zagreb )
*Tomislav Butina - football player (currently atOlympiacos CFP )
*Mario Cvitanović - football player (currently atEnergie Cottbus )
*Mato Lovrić - Croatian illustrator
*Jura Ozmec - Croatian sports commentator
*Tonino Picula - former Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs
*Božidar Prosenjak - Croatian writer
*Sonja Smolec - Croatian writer
*Ivan Šuker - present Croatian Minister of Finance
*Robert Troha - basketball player (currently atKK Helios Domžale )
*Ivana Banfić - Croatian singer
*Jacques Houdek - Croatian singer
*Rene Medvešek - Croatian actorMonuments and Sightseeings
There is a museum of Turopolje,and a few other monuments scattered around the city. The town is home to a monument to the town's deceased defenders from the
Croatian War of Independence . [ [http://www.gorica.hr/Article.aspx?id=2254 Otkriven spomenik poginulim velikogoričkim braniteljima] ]Education
Velika Gorica has four elementary schools and one high school. There are elementary schools "Eugena Kvaternika", "Eugena Kumičića", "Juraja Habdelića" and "Nikole Hribara", high school "Vladimir Bakarić" and accredited College Velika Gorica.
Culture
port
Velika Gorica has two football clubs, Udarnik and Radnik and one handball club Gorica
References
Links
* [http://www.tzvg.hr/engleski/tz.htm Velika Gorica tourist board]
* [http://www.gorica.hr/ Velika Gorica official web page] www.zgcomiblog.hr
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