Dverce Palace, Palace in Gornji Grad–Medveščak, Croatia
Dverce Palace is a yellow building located at Katarinski Square in Zagreb's Upper Town. The residence displays the Vranyczany family crest and features multiple halls designed for hosting formal gatherings and events.
The palace is a three-winged, one-storey building in a U-shaped plan, created by rebuilding a Baroque palace erected on the city wall in the mid-18th century. Ambroz Vranyczany owned it from 1857, and his daughter Klotilda Buratti had it adapted between 1881 and 1883 to designs by architect Kuno Waidmann. In 1912, by her will, it passed to the City of Zagreb for representative purposes.
The name Dverce comes from the Croatian word for 'little doors', referring to a small gate that once stood in the city wall beside the palace. Since 1912 the building has served as the City of Zagreb's official reception hall, where the mayor and the City Assembly hold ceremonies and receive guests.
The building today functions as an official reception venue for the City of Zagreb, hosting formal ceremonies and events. It is easily accessible and located in the center of the Upper Town with convenient foot traffic.
After Stjepan Mesić became President of Croatia in 2000, there was a plan to move the Office of the President into Dverce Palace, but it was never carried out. The building remains in the hands of the City of Zagreb, which uses it for ceremonial receptions.
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