Municipality of Perušić - Old Town Perušić / Turkish Tower / Gradina
Old Town Perušić / Turkish Tower / Gradina are names used by the locals to refer to the remains of an old fortress placed near the city centre of Perušić. The fortress was built by the noble family Perušić, after whom Perušić got its name. It was also a defence fort during the Ottoman Empire.
Perušić - Croatia / Lika-Senj County
Tourist experience: By visiting the Turkish tower, one can see the most famous historical building in Perušić and learn more about local history.
Spoken languages: English, Croatian
Experience duration: 2 hours
Opening: Always available
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: Accessible to everyone
Tourist contact: Perušić Tourist Board
Cultural material heritage: Historical palace/castle
Cultural immaterial heritage: Historical itinerary
Hidden intangible patrimony: Building practices
Form filler: Anita Ladišić
Frankopan city Novigrad; Old town Novigrad
Old town Novigrad was allegedly built in 1193 but exact year is not actually known. However, it is known that in the 15th century at the latest it came into the possession of the Frankopan princes of Krk, and remained in their possession until their downfall in the "Zrinsko-frankopanska conspiracy" in 1671. Until today, many owners have been changed.
As well as the owners, the architecture of the building has also been changed throughout the history. From a defensive burg to a lavish baroque castle, but its defensive role, which it had due to its location, has never been in absence. Its ground plan is an elongated pentagon of unequal sides with a pointed tip to the northeast. There are towers in all the peaks, four approximately semicircular and smaller in size, while the fifth on the steepest cliff is the largest. The main and the only entrance to the city is on the south wall with a folding entrance bridge, and later a walled ramp.
In 1999, the reconstruction of the southern left tower began, it was completely reconstructed and a lookout was built on it. The intention is to preserve at least the existing condition and restore the most valuable parts old town.
The Old town of Novigrad na Dobri is one of the most important cultural heritage buildings in the municipality of Netretić and Karlovac County, and in the future it will certainly become a tourist pearl of this part of continental Croatia.
TZ grada Duge Rese street Novigrad na Dobri, Municipality of Netretić - Croatia, Karlovac County
Tourist experience: Culture/History
The tourist experience includes sightseeing of the Old town Novigrad (Frankopan city Novigrad). Since the renovation in 1999, it has become more accessible and interesting to tourists, visitors and locals, especially with regard to the built lookout. Several possible activities are sightseeing from the outside and using walking and cycling routes leading to the tower.
Reconstruction of old town has continued in order for Novigrad to become an attractive tourist destination in the near future. The importance of the Old Town of Novigrad as historical place in the continental part of Croatia is evidenced by the registration as a protected cultural property in the Register of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Croatia.
Spoken languages: English, Croatian
Experience duration: Less than 30 min
Booking: No booking required
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: The old town is accessible to everyone from the outside (sightseeing), but from the inside it is difficult to access, especially for people with mobility problems.
Tourist contact: Nikola Volović
Cultural material heritage: Historical monument, Historical palace/castle
Local contact: Ana Barković
Form filler: Juraj Randelj
The City Star Karlovac
The Star is the oldest and central part of the city of Karlovac, the Karlovac Fortress, which was built in the 16th century as a Renaissance fortification system with a characteristic six-pointed shape.
This star-shaped fortress area of geometrically regular and proportional streets and squares is bordered by six five-sided bastions connected by earthen ramparts, which are followed on the outside by a fortress hornbeam and a sloping outer earthen embankment that allows good defensive control in front of the fortress. Such a system of construction was an expression of the highest fortification ideas of the time, and corresponded to the then war strategy in which short-range artillery dominated.
Central space of The Star is the ban Jelačić’s Square where are The Catholic church of the Trinity Church and the Orthodox church of St. Nicholas which hold numerous historic and spiritual valuables of the town.
Ban Josip Jelacic Square City of Karlovac - Croatia, Karlovac County
Tourist experience: Cultural heritage – historical centre
Tourist experience of The Star, beside sightseeing of star-shaped old town that used to be a fort, includes The City Museum, the foundations of the Chapel of St. Joseph, the main square surrounded by two churches with a well in the middle, the Baroque Palace of the Polytechnic, the oldest Music School in Croatia and many other heritage objects in the historical center. A promenade around the fort along the alées of chestnuts and linden trees, in certain places has the remnants of the stone walls.
Spoken languages: English, Croatian
Experience duration: 1 hour to 2 hours of sightseeing
Opening: Opening hours/days are not regulated.
Working hours of the tourist information center:
01.01.-01.05. / 15.09.-31.12. Monday – Friday 8am - 16pm
02.05.-14.09. Monday – Friday 8am - 16pm, Saturday 9am - 12pm
Booking: No booking required
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: The structure has no limitations to access and it’s accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities
Tourist contact: Biserka Cukina Tropčić
Cultural material heritage: Historical monument, Historical palace/castle
Local contact: Ana Barković
The Old Town of Slunj
The Old Town of Slunj was built for the original residential purpose of the princes of Krk, as a polygonal, hexagonal building, within which there was
palace and probably auxiliary rooms. It dates from around the 1322 when the Hungarian and Croatian king Charles Robert donated the Drežnik parish with the town of Slunj to Friedrich III Frankopan. There is also a document from 1390 that says that Ivan, Duke of Krk, gave Slunj for to the Duke Paul of Zrinski for rent in the amount of 4000 ducats. In 1449, Slunj belonged to the Duke Dujam of Frankopan, the ancestor of the famous Frankopan Slunjski lineage. The lineage ceased to exist out in 1572 with the death of Franjo Frankopan Slunjski, a hero of wars with the Ottoman conquerors and the famous Croatian ban, while the Town of Slunj got into the hands of the king. The Old Town of Slunj has been connected with the Slunj settlement, on the left bank of Slunjčica, within which there was also the Franciscan monastery. Currently, plans are being prepared for the restoration of architectural and other material cultural and historical heritage with the aim of partially putting the restored areas in the function of nature protection and cross-sectoral cooperation on programs for the restoration and use of the Old Town of Slunj and nearby Napoleon's grain magazine.
Today's walls of the Old Town of Slunj are owned by the City of Slunj.
Frankopana street, 4 Town of Slunj - Croatia, Karlovac County
Tourist experience: Culture/History
The old town of Slunj is currently in ruins, although part of the walls have been restored. Within the walls there are no additional tourism facilities or contents and therefore it has the function of a tourism attraction with activities of sightseeing and retelling of historical stories and events. The city of Slunj is currently in the process of obtaining documentation and preparing projects for the reconstruction of this site and exploiting its full tourism potential.
Spoken languages: English, Croatian
Experience duration: Less than 30 min.
Booking: No booking required
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: The old town walls are accessible to everyone from the outside (sightseeing), but from the inside are difficult to access, especially for people with mobility problems.
Tourist contact: Dragan Smrzlić
Cultural material heritage: Historical monument, Historical palace/castle
Local contact: Ana Barković
Form filler: Juraj Randelj