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1 Daruvar
Map E2. * 10,000. k Osijek, 130 km
(81 miles); Zagreb, 150 km (93 miles).
£ @ n Trg kralja Tomislava 12,
(043) 331 382. _ Wine exhibi tion
(May/June). ∑ visitdaruvar.hr
This spa town was known as
Aquae Balissae in the time of
the Roman Empire for the
quality of its hot water spring,
the source of which is at the
foot of the Papuk mountains.
The town developed from
three medieval settlements.
In 1760 the area was bought
by a Hungarian count, Antun
Janković, who built a Baroque
castle he named Daruvar, and Baroque building in Požega’s main square
the first spa. Today, Daruvar
(meaning “city of the crane”) 3 Nova Gradiška 4 Požega
has hotels, a medical centre Map E2. * 13,300. k Osijek, 93 km Map E2. * 21,000. k Osijek, 67 km
(Daruvarske toplice) offering the (58 miles); Zagreb, 155 km (96 miles). (42 miles); Zagreb, 175 km (109 miles).
spa waters, the Daruvar wine £ (035) 361 610. @ (035) 361 219. £ (034) 273 911. @ (034) 273 133.
road and a thermal water park, n Slavonskih graničara 7, (035) 361 n Antuna Kanižlića 3, (034) 274 900.
Aquae Balissae. 494. ∑ tzgng.hr _ Feast of St Gregory (12 Mar), Music
There are two 18th-century Festival Aurea Fest (early Sep).
churches in the town, one In 1748 this town was first ∑ pozega-tz.hr
Catholic and one Orthodox. founded as Fredrichsdorf by
Daruvar is also a centre for the the Viennese, who planned to The Romans first founded this
Czech people in Croatia, who build a fortress here. The town, town, a halfway settlement
maintain the Czech language situated at the foot of Mount between the towns now called
and customs. Psunj, is built on a fertile plain. Sisak and Osijek, with the name
An agricultural market is of Incerum. In the 11th century
 Spa regularly held in the main it was one of the centres from
Julijev Park. Tel (043) 623 620. square, which is lined with which the heretical movement
Baroque buildings. of the Bogomili spread; after
The Neo-Classical Church their repression in the 12th
2 Lipik of St Stephen of Hungary century, properties in the
(Sv. Stjepan Kralj) is now the environs of the city were granted
Map E2. * 2,300. k Osijek, 93 km
(58 miles); Zagreb, 155 km (96 miles). Immaculate Conception. The to the Templars by King Bela IV.
£ @ from Zagreb. n Trg kralja Baroque Sanctuary of St Theresa In 1285 the Franciscans
Tomislava 3, (034) 421 600. _ June in (Sv. Terezija) dates from 1756. founded a monastery, the church
Lipik (Jun). of which was used as a mosque
R Immaculate Conception during the Turkish occupation. In
The spa area (Aquae Balissae) Aloizija Stepinca 1. Tel (035) 362 203. the 18th and 19th centuries the
was known in Roman times for Open 8am–6pm daily. town was called the “Athens of
its waters. In the late 18th Slavonia” for the cultural events
century a hot water spring, rich held to commemorate the
in minerals, was rediscov ered expulsion of the Turks in 1691.
and Lipik became one of the The city took on a new look
most famous spas in Croatia. It during this period: in the main
was especially popular between square, Trg Sv. Trojstva, buildings
the two World Wars. Lipik was with stucco and Baroque
damaged in the 1991 war, but porticoes were built.
a new spa has been built and In the square stands a column,
the hotels and medical centres a memorial to plague victims
restored. Lipik is also known for made in 1749 by Gabrijel
breed ing the famous Lipizzaner Granicije. To one side of the
horses; its horse-riding and cycle square is the renovated 18th-
trails are popular with visitors. century Church of St Francis
(Sv. Franjo). The monastery
 Spa (Toplice) Baroque Sanctuary of St Theresa in along side still houses a com-
Marije Terezije 13. Tel (034) 440 700. Nova Gradiška munity of Franciscan monks.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p231 and pp247–8

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