The watermills caused the development of Zagreb industry, leading in turn to the construction of Zagreb's first cloth, soap, paper and liquor factories and, later, animal skin industry. Both mills were owned by a Cistercian monastery. Although both sides of the creek had been inhabited before, the covering left a full-scale street, which was aptly named Ulica Potok lit. The creek-based industry was quickly transformed into small businesses and stores [ 3 ] and the skin industry stopped working in At the turn of the 20th century, prostitution was legal.
In Zagreb it was advertised as a tourist attraction and contributed to the city's economy. At one stage, every other building was a bordello. The licence required the brothel to be well run and provide a quality service.
The women working in the brothels had to have a twice weekly medical examination. Brothels were not allowed to advertise their presence, but a discrete, uncommonly coloured lantern was allowed to be placed outside.
The best known brothel, and most expensive, was the Kod Zelene Lampe lit. The street's brothels continued to operate until WW2. Contents move to sidebar hide.
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