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e Kutina Environs
Around 50 km (31 miles) north-
Map D2. * 15,000. £ (060) 333 444.
@ (060) 355 060. n Tržna 8, (044) west of Kutina is Ivanić-Grad
681 004. ∑ turizam-kutina.hr and the nearby towns of Kloštar
Ivanić and Križ. In Ivanić-Grad
Kutina, in the Moslavina region, there are workshops making
was built over the ruins of a pretty flax and linen products,
Roman castrum (a Roman keeping local traditions alive.
military camp or fort) and In Kloštar Ivanić there
numerous archaeological finds is a Franciscan monastery
have been discovered. The founded in 1508 and the
town is linked to two castles; church of St Mary (Sv. Marija),
Kutinjac Grad, documented with collections of silver,
in 1256, and the fortress of paintings and richly illustrated
Plovdin; however, only ruins music codices.
and parts of the walls remain. In Križ, the parish church
Nesting storks in the Lonjsko Polje Kutina flourished again in of the Cross was founded by
Nature Park the 17th century, developing the Knights Templar in the
on the plain south of the 11th century. The church has a
w Lonjsko Polje fortress. It is here that the decorative Baroque interior and
Nature Park Church of Our Lady of the a magnificent 1787 organ.
Snow (Marija Snježna) was
Map D2. Park office (Krapje): n (044) built by Count Karl Erdödy in
672 080. Entrance at Čigoć: n (044) around 1770. The church is
715 115. Open Apr–Oct: 9am–5pm surrounded by a covered
daily; Nov–Mar: by appt. &
∑ pp-lonjsko-polje.hr portico and is decorated inside
with stucco and trompe-l’oeil
The wide bend in the River paintings by Josip Görner. The
Sava between Sisak and Stara sculpture and the inlaid
Gradiška has been a special wooden furnishings which
ornithological reserve since enclose the altar of the Holy
1963. It became a nature Sepulchre are a unique example
reserve in 1990 to protect an of Baroque composition.
area of 506 sq km (195 sq miles). Erdödy Castle, which was
This vast area was regula rly rebuilt in 1895, houses the
flooded by the river and its Museum of Moslavina
tributaries (Lonja, Ilova, Pakra (Muzej Moslavine), which Some remains of the old fortifications
and Čazma) during the thaw, tells the history and folklore around Garić
and in the summer and early of Moslavina through an
autumn the waters would extensive collection of r Garić
recede. Since the 1960s parts docu ments, objects and Map D2. * 76 (Podgarić).
of the wetlands have been traditional costumes. n Regional: Dr. Ante Starčevića 8,
drained, but they still remain Bjelovar, (043) 221 928.
some of Europe’s most E Museum of Moslavina
important marshland. Trg kralja Tomislava 13. Tel (044) 683 On a hill in the Moslavačka
Woods of oak, poplar, ash and 548. Open 8am–1pm Tue–Fri. chain (Moslavačka Gora) near
willow trees grow along the Podgarić stand the ruins of the
banks of the river and on the fortified town of Garić, noted
higher ground, while the dry as a castrum in 1256. In 1277,
fields are used as grazing for it was granted by the king to
sheep in the summer months. Timotej, Bishop of Zagreb, who
Wild boar live here, as well as entrusted its defence to the
deer, and there are also counts of Gardun, and later to
Turopolje pigs and Posavina the counts of Celje. Nearby,
horses, both of which are below Garić, the Pauline order
protected species. founded the monastery of
The park is an important St Mary in 1295. In 1544 the
stopping place for black storks, town and the monastery were
which arrive in spring and leave destroyed by the Turks.
in autumn after nesting, for The fortified town was
numerous species of heron, for protected by high walls and was
egrets and a variety of birds of an irregular shape. There was a
prey, including the rare harrier Interior of the Church of Our Lady of the moat with towers, and further
and white-tailed eagles. Snow in Kutina towers inside the walls.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p231 and p247

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