Zagreb Cathedral After Earthquake

Due to the recent earthquake this largest croatian religious building one of the.

Zagreb cathedral after earthquake. The 5 3 magnitude quake is the. The sunday earthquake only slightly damaged the zagreb cathedral perhaps the city s most famous landmark site with the top of one of its two spires collapsing. Picture of zagreb cathedral after the earthquake.

The speaker of croatia s parliament gordan. The maximum perceived intensity was vii very strong on the modified mercalli intensity scale mmi. Zagreb cathedral is among the historic buildings damaged by a 5 3 magnitude earthquake that rocked croatia early sunday morning.

Dolac market the heartbeat of city life with its incredible fresh produce and the majestic zagreb cathedral the symbol of the city s earthquake pain behind it. Power was cut as people ran out of their homes. After sunday s tremor zagreb s mayor urged people to return to their homes given fears about the coronavirus.

After the tip of the southern spire had been destroyed in the earthquake the strongest to hit zagreb in 140 years structural engineers decided on april 1 that the top of the damaged northern spire should also be removed to prevent it from collapsing and causing damage to the cathedral and the area around it. The cathedral of assumption of the blessed virgin mary is the most stylish and most eloquent architectural realization of sacral architecture in the neo gothic style southeast of the alps. The structure had been rebuilt after it toppled in an earthquake in 1880.

Zagreb s iconic cathedral was also damaged with the top of one of its two spires collapsing. The greenery of the parks in central zagreb is divine at the moment and many are choosing to relax there with a book. Several fires were also reported.

The top of one of the two spires of zagreb s cathedral collapsed. Eastern view of the zagreb cathedral photo credit. The spire of the city s cathedral also snapped off.