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Interesting examples of Baroque 5 Kutjevo
architecture in the town include Map F2. * 2,800. k Osijek 62 km
the Jesuit College (1711) and (38 miles). £ Našice, 27 km (17 miles).
Gymnasium (1726), opened by n Trg graševine 1, (034) 315 008.
the Jesuits who, in 1761, also _ City Day (8 Sep). ∑ kutjevo.hr
founded the Požega Academy.
Dating from 1763, the Church of A wine-producing centre, the
St Theresa (Sv. Terezija Avilska) town is famous for a winery
became a cathedral in 1997. The founded by the Cistercians. In
frescoed walls are by Celestin 1232, the order built a monastery
Medović and Oton Iveković. here and encouraged the culti-
The Church of St Lawrence vation of vines. After Turkish rule,
(Sv. Lovro, 14th century) was at the end of the 17th century,
renovated in Baroque style in Jesuits took over the monastery
the early 18th century. It still and wine-making resumed. The
has some 14th-century Cistercian cellars are still Baroque altar in Holy Trinity Church in
frescoes. There are also intact and wine is still Slavonski Brod
tombstones testifying an important industry.
to the city’s glory; one The Jesuits also belonged to the counts
is for the poet Antun built the Church Berislavić-Grabarski from the
Kanižlić (1699–1777). of the Nativity of Middle Ages to 1526 when it
In the square between the Blessed Virgin was conquered by the Turks,
the Church of Mary (Crkva rođenja who occupied it until 1691.
St Francis and the 14th-century fresco in the Blažene Djevice To defend the border, in 1741
Gymnasium is a church of St Lawrence, Marije) in 1732, the Viennese government built
statue of Luka Požega which houses a a fort with barracks, residences
Ibrišimović, a Francis- painting of the for governors and religious
can who distinguished himself Madonna with Child by buildings. Damaged during
in the battles against the Turks. A Cebej (1759). World War II and again in the
The Civic Museum (Gradski war in 1991, the build ings are
muzej) contains an assortment under repair: some are used as
of archaeological finds, 6 Slavonski Brod schools and others house
Romanesque reliefs and Map F3. * 60,000. k Osijek, 100 km museums and galleries.
Baroque paintings. (62 miles); Zagreb, 197 km (122 miles). The town has grown beyond
Every year on 12 March £ (060) 333 444. @ Trg Hrvatskog the original ramparts. Along
Požega holds an event called proljeća, (060) 310 310. n Local: the banks of the Sava is a
Grgurevo, to commemorate Vukovarska 1, (099) 320 41 69. Franciscan Monastery, dating
a local victory over the Turks Regional: Petra Krešimira IV 2, (035) from 1725, which has been
won in 1688. 408 393. _ Brodsko kolo: folk festival renovated, and the Baroque
(mid-Jun). ∑ tzgsb.hr Church of the Holy Trinity
R St Theresa (Sv. Trojstvo) with many statues,
Trg sv. Terezije 13. Tel (034) 274 321. Built on the site of the paintings and altars.
Open 8am–noon, 3–6pm daily. Roman town Marsonia, this The Regional Civic Museum
E Civic Museum town was placed so as to (Muzej Brodskog Posavlja)
Matice hrvatske 1. Tel (034) 272 130. monitor the traffic on the river contains historic documents and
Open 9am–2pm Mon–Fri, by appt Sava, the border with Bosnia- archaeological, geological and
Sat & Sun. Herzegovina. The town ethnological finds from the region.
The well-known Croatian
writer Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić
(1874–1938) spent much of her
life in this town. She wrote
fairytales for children: among
her most famous works are
Fisherman Palunco, Jagor and The
Forest of Stribor. The town is also
known for its folklore festival
(Brodsko kolo) held in June.

E Regional Civic Museum
Ulica Ante Starčevića 40. Tel (035) 447
415. Open 10am–1pm, 5–8pm Mon–
Fri, 10am–1pm Sun. Closed Sat & 25
Dec, 1 Jan. 8 (by appt). = No flash
Cloisters of the Franciscan monastery at Slavonski Brod photography. ∑ muzejbp.hr

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