Banski dvori

The Banal - yard or the Palais des Banus (Croatian: Banski dvori ) is a historic building in the government district in the Croatian capital Zagreb. It is a long, one-story baroque building with subsequent palace. Today, the Banal -Hof is the seat of the Croatian Government. The Croatian Parliament ( Sabor ) is located directly opposite.

In the President's palace (in Croatian Predsjednički dvori ), which formed part of the Banal - court in the early 1990s, there was the office and the office of the President of Croatia. Today, the seat of the President is in Nobel Neighborhood Pantovčak, which is located immediately adjacent to the city center at the foot of the Medvednica mountain. The Banal - yard was from 1809 to 1918 the seat of the Croatian Bans.

On October 7, 1991, the historic building was designed by the former Yugoslav People's Army ( JNA), under Serbian leadership, bombed. At this time were in the building of the former Republic Of and later Croatian independence president Franjo Tuđman and the President of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, Stipe Mesic ( to February 2010 Croatian president).

After the attack, the Republic of Croatia declared independence on 8 October 1991 and broke off all diplomatic relations with the remaining Yugoslav republics.