Page 209 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Croatia

THE NOR THERN C OUNTIES  207

P Hercer Palace VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Palača Hercer
Franjevački trg 6. Open 9am–5pm Practical Information
Tue–Fri, 9am–1pm Sat & Sun. Map D1. * 42,000. n Local:
Entomological Museum: Tel (042) Ivana Padovca 3, (042) 210 987;
658 760. Open same opening times Regional: Uska 4, (042) 210 096.
as the palace. & 8 _ Baroque evenings, Varaždin,
Built at the end of the 18th (Sep–Oct); Gastrolov (Oct).
∑ tourism-varazdin.hr
century (the founders’ coat of
arms is on the door), the palace Transport
has housed the well-organized £ Frane Supila, (042) 210 444.
Entomological Section of the @ Kolodvorska 17, (060) 333 555.
Civic Museum (Entomološki
odjel Gradskog muzeja) since
1954. The museum was founded furnishings by local masters,
thanks to the entomologist and an organ with figures of
Franjo Košćec (1882–1968), who, angels playing instruments.
Bell tower of St John the Baptist in in 1959, donated his natural The neighbouring monastery,
Tomislav Square history collection to the city. from the same period, is famous
From 1962 to 1980 his work was for its library of parchments,
two statues of St Francis of carried on by his daughter Ružica, incunabula and manuscripts, and
Assisi and St Anthony of Padua. a biologist. As well as thousands some of the oldest documents
The interior has eight side of insects, the museum also has in ancient Croatian (kajkavski).
chapels and an ornate gilded a herbarium. From time to time,
pulpit from the late 17th temporary exhibitions on a P National Theatre
century. The bell tower is 54 m variety of themes are organized. Narodno kazalište
(177 ft) high. Ulica Augusta Cesarca 1.
In front of the church is one R Church of the Holy Trinity Tel (042) 214 688.
of the copies of the Monument Sv. Trojstvo Open for performances only.
of Bishop Gregory of Nin by Kapucinski trg 7. Tel (042) 213 550. Built by Hermann Helmer in 1873,
Ivan Meštrović. The adjacent Open 9am–noon, 6–7pm Mon–Sat, this is one of the main cultural
pharmacy has many works Sun before and after Mass. centres in the city. During the
of art, among them some The church dates from the summer and autumn, theatre-
allegorical frescoes by Ivan early 18th century and houses goers from all over Europe
Ranger (see p210). numerous Baroque paintings, come to attend performances.

Varaždin Town Centre
1 Castle and Civic Museum
2 Gallery of Old and V. N AZ OR A
Modern Masters Civic Museum
Castle and
3 Tomislav Square TRG BANA
JELAČIĆA
4 Cathedral of the Gallery of Old
Assumption and Modern Masters
5 Church of St John A . Š E N O E
the Baptist PA D O VČEVA LJ. GAJEVA
6 Hercer Palace V. LISINSKOG Church of Town Hall P. P R E R A D O V I Č A
7 Church of the Holy Trinity S . V R A Z A Ursuline URŠULINSKA U. the Baptist TOMISLAV
St John
SQUARE
8 National Theatre Church Drašković Palace
Herzer FRANJEVAČKI PAVLINSKA
Palace Cathedral of the
Assumption
KAČIĆEVA Patačiċ GUN DULIĆEVA TRG HABDELIĆEVA
Palace
Church of
Erdödy St Nicholas Train Station
DRAŠKOVIĆEVA
Palace TRG 500m (550 yards)
SLOBODE
A . C E S A R C A ANINA
KAPUCINSKI National
TRG Theatre
0 metres 200 Church of BLAŽEKOVA
the Holy
Trinity
0 yards 200
ZRINSKIH I FRANKOPANA
Bus
Station
For keys to symbols see back flap
206-207_EW_Croatia.indd 207 20/10/16 12:32 pm