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Metzinger (1734). The adjacent In the village around the foot of
monastery is laid out around a the hill is the Church of St Mary
beautiful quad rangular cloister (Sv. Marija). It was rebuilt in 1893
and has Baroque frescoes in incorporating a decorated
the refectory and library. doorway from 1691 and survived
The history of the city and survived landslips in 1911 that
local area is well documented in engulfed much of the village.
the Civic Museum (Muzej grada Inside are some Baroque altars,
Samobora), housed in the a splendid pulpit and a font. In
18th-century Livadić Palace. The front of the church is an octag-
section dedicated to the history onal bell tower with a vestibule.
of Croatian mountaineering is
especially interesting.
R St Anastasia
The main altar in the Church of St Mary, Ulica sv. Ane 2. Tel (01) 336 00 82.
Samobor Open by appt.
1 Samobor E Civic Museum
Livadićeva 7. Tel (01) 336 10 14.
Map C2. * 15,000. @ (01) 336 72 Open 9am–3pm Tue–Thu, 9am–7pm
76. n Trg kralja Tomislava 5, (01) 336 Fri, 10am–2pm Sat, 10am–5pm Sun.
00 44. _ Carnival (Feb); Day of the & 8 ^ =
city (3rd Sat in Oct). ∑ tz–samobor.hr
Samobor is built below the 2 Okić
ruins of what was once a large Map C2. n County: Preradovićeva
fort (Stari Grad). In 1242 it was 42, Zagreb, (01) 487 36 65.
granted the status of a royal free
town, and became an important High on an isolated hilltop,
trading centre. Today it is one towering above the fields A painting by Metzinger in the Church of
of the capitals of Croatian and woodland surrounding St Mary in Jastrebarsko
gastronomy, priding itself on the village of Okić, stand the
its traditional local dishes. ruins of a fortified town. These 3 Jastrebarsko
In the oldest area (Taborec) consist of the remains of a wall Map C2. * 5,500. £ from Zagreb.
is the Gothic Church of with round towers, an entrance @ from Zagreb. n Vladka Mačeka 1,
St Michael (Sv. Mihalj), which gate and a Gothic chapel. The (01) 627 29 40. ∑ tzgj.hr
was remodelled in the Baroque town, mentioned in documents
period. Dating from the same from 1183, belonged to the At the foot of the Plešivica
time is the Church of St counts of Okić, Zrinski, mountain chain, between
Anastasia (Sv. Anastazija) and a Frankopan and Erdödy. It was Samobor and Karlovac, stands
Franciscan monastery with the destroyed by the Turks and Jastrebarsko. The town appears
Church of St Mary (Sv. Marija): eventually abandoned in 1616. in documents of 1249. It
the Assumption behind the The steep, rocky approaches assumed greater importance
main altar was frescoed by leading up to the ruins are in 1257 when it was declared
Franc Jelovšek in 1752, popular with climbers, who are a royal free town by Bela IV and
while the altar on the left rewarded with fantastic views became a trading centre for
was decorated by Valentin from the summit. timber, livestock and the wine
which is still produced locally.
In the 15th century the town
was a feudal holding of the
Erdödy family, who built an
imposing castle on a square
ground-plan with round towers
at the corners and an internal
porticoed courtyard. Two
centuries later it was altered
and turned into a residential
building which is now closed
to the public.
The Baroque Church of St
Nicholas (Sv. Nikola; 1772–75)
contains a fresco by Rašica and
the tomb of Petar Erdödy (1567).
Ruins of the fortified town of Okić, perched on a hilltop In the Church of St Mary
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p231 and p247

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