sitting on his horse with a sword brandishing over his head is saint george cast in bronze about to slay a deadly dragon the roman soldierturnedmartyr and saint has two statues dedicated to him in zagreb in the second statue he is portrayed more as a victorious knight while the dead dragon lies vanquished under his feet the legend of st george slaying the dragon to save a princess is a story that you will hear all over this croatian capitalhowever there is more to zagreb than just dragons and knights the city is divided into two parts the upper town or gornji grad and the lower tower or dornji grad and you can zip across these two in a quaint funicular in barely a minute with romantic churches and quirky museums zagreb is home to just 800000 denizens and is unlike any other european capital the kissing spotsone of the oldest areas of zagreb is the kaptol which was the seat of the roman catholic archbishop since the 11th century towering above every monument in the city stands the medieval gothic cathedral the twin spires dominate the skyline of the croatian capital the frescoes here are one of the oldest although the cathedral has been renovated several times the croatians were threatened by invasion from the turks and the bishop built fortifications around kapitol however i was told that the cathedral is known more for its kissing spots than its military history walk around lower townthe lower town is a montage of museums and monuments where you can see the stamp of the austrian hungarian empire in the baroque monuments statues and sculptures greet you everywhere surrounded by lakes and parks the lower town designed by milan lenuci is shaped like a horseshoe and includes six squares with monuments and gardens you cannot miss the artistic corner of zagreb with its art pavilion museum of contemporary art and museum of arts and crafts besides the national theatrecroatian trufflesthe croatians are proud of their cuisine but it is their truffles that brings foodies to zagreb no meal is complete without the prized black truffles there are three kinds of truffles that grow in the forests of istria besides the white truffle as well sipping croatian wine at trilogija a quaint restaurant located near the stone gate in upper town i was lost in a world of dreams as the lights of the city came upthe romantic churcheseverything in zagreb is extremely charming and quaint including the medieval churches start your tour of the upper town with the romantic st marks church located in a cobbled street square named after the church the church painted in white has ceramic tiles on its roof that represents the zagreb coat of arms and the flags of the triune kingdom of croatia slavania and dalmatialet your heart breakthere are several museums in zagreb but if you have time for just one of them then it has to be the museum of broken relationships