Mamutica

{{Short description|Apartment complex in Zagreb, Croatia}}

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Mamutica (English: Female mammoth) is the largest building (by volume) in Zagreb and Croatia, as well as one of the largest apartment blocks in Europe.{{cite web | url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/arhiva/price-iz-mamutice/3993606/ | title=Priče iz mamutice | date=21 December 2008 | work=jutarnji.hr | language=Croatian | accessdate=1 July 2019 | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527063120/http://www.jutarnji.hr/price-iz-mamutice/280709/ | archivedate=27 May 2011 }}

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Address Built Construction style Architects |Ulica Božidara Magovca, 10010 Travno, Zagreb, Hrvatska 1974 postmodern architecture Đuro Mirković and Nevenka Postružnik

This apartment complex was built by Industrogradnja in 1974, and designed by prof. Đure Mirković and Nevenka Postružnik. Located in Eastern Novi Zagreb, in the neighborhood of Travno. It is the Croatian version of the panelák or plattenbau. The building is about 240 m long, 60 m high and has 19 populated floors. There are 1,169 apartments in the building, home to about 5,000 people. The building has 6 entrances (big Mamutica) and 3 entrances (small Mamutica).

As part of Mamutica, there are 256 garages and 24 outlets at plateau level.{{Cite web|url=https://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/zgrada-u-kojoj-je-svaki-ulaz-selo-a-ona-cijela-jedan-mali-grad-jedanput-kad-se-navucete-ostanete---376373.html|title=Jedna od najvećih europskih zgrada: Jednom kad se navučeš, gotovo je|website=Dnevnik.hr|language=hr|access-date=2019-09-02}}

Mamutica is also the name of a crime TV series broadcast by Croatian Radiotelevision since 2008 (two seasons {{as of|2010|lc=true}}), focusing on police cases being solved in and around the building.{{cite web | url=http://rtvportal.com/tv/mamutica-serija/ | title=Mamutica - serija | publisher=rtvportal.com | accessdate=2009-01-10 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205152438/http://rtvportal.com/tv/mamutica-serija/ | archivedate=2009-02-05 }}{{IMDb title|qid=Q10992037}}

The estimated value of the building (from 2010) is about 135 million EUR.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zgportal.com/o-zagrebu/povijest-zagrebackih-naselja/travno/|title=Travno / Povijest zagrebačkih naselja / ZGportal Zagreb|website=www.zgportal.com|access-date=2019-09-02}}

Only two buildings in Zagreb can withstand the strongest earthquake, Mamutica and Super Andrija.{{Cite web|url=https://povijest.hr/drustvo/gradjevine/mamutica-se-trebala-zvati-tratincica/|title=Mamutica se trebala zvati Tratinčica|last=marsela|date=2016-01-13|website=Povijest.hr|language=hr|access-date=2019-09-03}}

Because a massive aggregate is located inside the building, in the event of a war, Mamutica was planned to be turned into a hospital.{{cn|date=May 2022}}