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Manduševec

Trg bana Josipa Jelačića, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

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Place Types Tourist attraction
Address Trg bana Josipa Jelačića, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
Coordinate 45.8129849,15.9779534
Website Unknown
Rating 5
Compound Code RX7H+55 Zagreb, Croatia

Openning hours

Monday Open 24 hours
Tuesday Open 24 hours
Wednesday Open 24 hours
Thursday Open 24 hours
Friday Open 24 hours
Saturday Open 24 hours
Sunday Open 24 hours

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STEM (01/02/2021)

Infamous Zagreb fountain based upon the legend of a girl named Manda, who helped one knight who was thirsty by saying "Zagrebi!" which means "Scratch!", and when he did, water started pouring out of the ground, and in the girl's honor the fountain was named Manduševec. It is too believed that Zagreb gained its name from that phrase, as Zagreb in Croatian literally means "the scratched place".

Travelvana (12/04/2019)

It's beautiful, so Christmassy ♥️

Dev Doshi (Dev Home Schooling) (07/29/2019)

The Manduševac Fountain was built above a natural spring that provided Zagreb with drinking water right up until the end of the 19th century. There is also a legend connecting the spring with the name of the city. Namely, one sunny day an old Croatian war leader was returning from battle tired and thirsty, and asked a beautiful girl Manda to scoop up some water from the spring for him. The Croatian word for “to scoop up water” is “zagrabiti”. So the spring got the name Manduševac, after the girl, and the town got the name Zagreb after the scoop of water. A good meeting place for people today in the centre of the town, also gets fully decorated during Xmas n other festivals. Definitely a small place with big position in history of city & country.

Nikola Kudrna (12/01/2020)

The most famous fountain in Zagreb. The legend about Zagreb's name is linked to story about this fountain. Located on ban Josip Jelačić square it is one of the main tourist attractions in city and most of the guided tours around old town are mentioning the story about Manduševac.