VELIKA GORICA
Southeast of Zagreb in the hilly part of Vukomeričke hills and lowlands of Turopolje of the Sava River in the northeast and the southwest of the Kupa, spreads over an area of 566 square kilometers, and the city of Velika Gorica, Velika Gorica, the fifth largest city in population.
In the town of Velika Gorica and municipalities Pokupsko, Orle and Kravarsko and their settlements has about 70,000 residents. Economy is based on wood, food, construction and printing industry, and agriculture.
The region is rich in cultural and historical sites, from prehistoric times to the present day, religious and ethnic monuments. Particularly, the unique value of Turopolje wooden chapel and manors, called turopoljske beautiful. Proximity Vukomeričke Gorice Lomnice river Sava and determination completes diversity Turopolje area. The area is rich with oak, which is one of the main natural resources. Oak is famous and enabled the construction of sacred and other objects made of wood, and the old "Turkish" oak, near Velika Gorica, especially the protected object - a natural monument.
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