Former names Vila Zagorje Address Pantovčak 241 Current tenants President of Croatia Opened 1964 Town or city Zagreb Architect Vjenceslav Richter | Alternative names Pantovčak Country Croatia Completed 1964 Floor area 3,700 m² Construction started 1963 | |
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Cost 54 million HRK (c. € 7.3 million) Similar Homeland Bridge, General Post Office - Zagreb, Greek Catholic Co‑cathe, Zagreb Synagogue, Rudolf barracks | ||
The Presidential Palace (Croatian: Predsjednički dvori, also referred to by the metonym Pantovčak) in Zagreb is the official residence of the President of Croatia. The president does not actually live in the building as it is used to house the Office of the President of Croatia, rather than the residence. The structure covers 3,700 square metres (40,000 square feet) and in 2009 government budget, it was allocated 54 million kuna (c. 7.3 million euro). As of May 2008, the office employed 170 staff with the maximum staffing level set at 191 by the Regulation on Internal Organisation of the Office of the President of Croatia.
Map of Presidential Palace, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
The building, formerly known as Villa Zagorje or Tito's Villa, was designed by architects Vjenceslav Richter and Kazimir Ostrogović and completed in 1964 for the former Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito. It is used as the official residence since then-president Franjo Tuđman moved there following the October 1991 bombing of Banski dvori. In addition to the original building, there is also a 3,500 square metres (38,000 square feet) annex built in 1993, an ancillary structure housing office security services and bomb shelter predating the 1990s.