Pregrada description and photos - Croatia: Krapina (Topic)

Pregrada description and photos - Croatia: Krapina. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Pregrada.

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The city of Obgrada traces its history back to the Middle Ages. On the northern slopes of Mount Kunagora, the remains of an ancient castle are still visible. During the Turkish invasions, the castle was plundered and abandoned, and subsequently it was reconstructed for a long time, but it was never fully restored.

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is considered the architectural pearl of the city. Its height is 38 meters, and its length is 19 meters. The church was built in a neoclassical style. The dominant element is two tall towers with a triangular pediment. In 1876, the last restoration was carried out, the walls were plastered and repainted, the gables, doors, windows and the roof of the building were updated.

The main altar was installed in 1844 and resembles a spacious and elegant tent, in the center of which is the image of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There are also side altars in the temple - of Saint Joseph with his life-size image, made by an unknown artist, the altar of Saint Epiphanius and the altar of All Saints. The organ of the famous master Francis Focht, bought in 1854, was installed in the church.

In the southeast of the city there is the Dubrava house, no precise data on the time of its construction has survived, as well as the one-story palace Bezhanets, which has a rectangular shape and built in the style of late baroque and classicism.

Also preserved in Pregrada is a two-story building of the 19th century, where the famous writer Leskovar Janko (1861-1949) was born and lived for some time and the famous pharmacy and drug production workshop of Adolphe Thierry, a pharmacist known throughout Europe.

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