Description

Osijek is the largest city in Slavonia, on the banks of the Drava and the seat of the county of Osijek-Baranja, making it an administrative, industrial and cultural centre. Its rich history has left an abundance of cultural and artistic heritage: asides from the concathedral in the centre there is a Capuchin church, a series of art nouveau buildings in European Avenue and the National Theatre. The oldest part is Tvrda, a preserved Baroque centre, whose central square is dominated by Kuzni’s pillar. Here there is the Museum of Slavonia and the Archaeological Museum, galleries and churches.