Serbs of Zagreb

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In 1718 the Treaty of Passarowitz opened the Danube river and the Adriatic Sea for international trade with Austrian emperors granting privileges to Ottoman traders including the right for "Greek" merchants to settle in Trieste, Rijeka, Vienna and Zagreb.{{cite book |last=Calic |first=Marie-Janine |title=The Great Cauldron: A History of Southeastern Europe |page=174 |publisher=Harvard University Press |ISBN=9780674983922 |date=2019}} Serbs became equal citizens of Zagreb in 1781{{Cite web|url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/predstavljena-monografija-srbi-u-zagrebu/246575.aspx|title=Predstavljena monografija "Srbi u Zagrebu"}} after Emperor Francis II released an edict named Patent of Toleration.

Zagreb is the seat of the Metropolitanate of Zagreb, Ljubljana and all Italy. In addition to this there is also the Monastery of Saint Parascheva of the Balkans

There are more prominent Serbs who participated in the social life of the city and among them may be enumerated the following.

In 1834 Hristifor Stanković, president of the Zagreb Orthodox Church municipality, built the first theater in Gradec.{{Cite web|url=http://www.skdprosvjeta.com/news.php?id=311|title = SKD Prosvjeta}} Poet Petar Preradović was a prominent participant of the Illyrian movement after whom today one of the city squares is named.{{Cite web|url=http://www.skdprosvjeta.com/news.php?id=311|title = SKD Prosvjeta}} Banker Atanas Popović was one of the founders of First Croatian Savings Bank.{{Cite web|url=http://www.skdprosvjeta.com/news.php?id=311|title = SKD Prosvjeta}} Father of Dejan Medaković, Bogdan Medaković was the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 1913 till 1918.{{Cite web|url=http://www.skdprosvjeta.com/news.php?id=311|title = SKD Prosvjeta}}

In Zagreb, there are several institutions of the Serbian national minority: Prosvjeta, Serb Democratic Forum, Privrednik, Serb National Council, Archive of Serbs in Croatia and Serbian Orthodox Secondary School. There is also the Central Library of Serbs in Croatia as part of Prosvjeta, Tesla Bank, Metropolitanate of Zagreb, Ljubljana and all Italy which maintains the Choral Society and Museum. Every year since 2006 there are held days of Serbian culture. Weekly Novosti and monthly magazine Identitet are published in Zagreb.

• Kantakuzina Katarina Branković (1418–1492)
• Đuro Daničić (1825–1882)
• Vladan Desnica (1905–1967)
• Dejan Medaković (1922–2008)

• Serbs of Croatia
• Zagreb

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• {{cite book|author=Dejan Medaković|title=Srbi u Zagrebu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoviAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Prometej|isbn=9788676398447}}

• http://www.snv.hr/
• http://www.danisrpskekulture.com/

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