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The town was later fortified
but after Turkish rule, only the
towers’ foundations and pieces
of the wall remained. The town
prospered with the arrival of
the railway in 1871.
The oldest building is the
medieval Church of the Holy
Cross (Sv. Križ), but only the
side doorway dates from
this period. The church was
restructured in the Baroque
style in the second half of the
18th century. The altar of the
The medieval castle in Ðurdevac, today housing a gallery Holy Cross was sculpted by
Francesco Robba in 1756 for
o Đurđevac Trinity and the barracks. The the cathedral in Zagreb.
town’s Civic Museum (Gradski The Greek Catholic Church
Map E1. * 6,500. £ Kolodvorska 21,
(048) 813 089. @ (048) 812 002. muzej) has an extensive and of the Holy Trinity (Sv. Trojstvo)
n Stjepana Radića 1, (048) 812 046. varied collection. has an iconostasis, frescoes
_ Đurđevo, City Day (23 Apr); by Celestin Medović and Ivan
Legend of the Picoki, culture and E Civic Museum Tišov from the early 19th
folklore show (last week of Jun). Trg Eugena Kvaternika 1. century, and a magnificent
∑ visitdjurdjevac.hr Tel (043) 244 207. Open 10am–7pm main altar. It was restored
Tue–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat & Sun. during the 19th century
Although the town’s name according to the drawings
derives from an ancient religious of the architect Herman Bollé.
building dedicated to St George The attached monastery
(Sv. Jurai), the town is now known became the Bishop’s Palace
for the Castle (Stari grad), whose (Biskupski dvor). It houses
ancient name is mentioned as paintings, icons, manuscripts
Wasserburg, meaning castle on and holy objects. The Civic
the water. In the Middle Ages Museum (Gradski muzej) has
the structure was much larger interesting archaeological
(excavations reveal a rectangular and art collections.
plan with a drawbridge and
tower). All that remains now is a E Church of the Holy Cross
roughly octagonal building with Ivana Dijankovečkog 1.
an internal courtyard. A gallery Tel (048) 711 711. Open by appt.
occupies the upper floor. P Bishop’s Palace
Tel (048) 712 171. Open by appt.
p Bjelovar E Civic Museum
Sermageova 2. Tel (048) 711 210.
Map D1. * 28,000. £ Masarykova The iconostasis in the Church of the Holy Open 10am–1pm Mon–Fri or
ulica, (043) 241 263. @ Masarykova Trinity, Križevci by appt. & 8
ulica, (043) 241 269. n Local: Trg a Križevci
Eugena Kvaternika 2, (043) 243 944;
Regional: Dr. Ante Starčevića 8, (043) Map D1. * 12,000. £ (048) 716 193.
221 928. _ Terezijana, cultural display n Trg J.J. Strossmayera 5, (048) 681
(Jun). ∑ turizam-bilogorabjelovar. 199. _ Križevačko veliko spravišče,
com.hr cultural and gastronomic event
(mid-Jun). ∑ tz-krizevci.hr
In the Middle Ages this was
a fort called Wellowar. It References to this town are
acquired greater status in found in acts from the early 12th
1756, when Maria Theresa of century. In 1252 it was declared
Austria built a fort here. It a royal free town, and at various
became a military town, and times it was chosen as the
was built on an octagonal meeting place for the Croatian
layout, centred around two parliament. During a meeting in
intersecting roads. These are 1397 certain nobles considered
now home to the Cathedral traitors to King Sigismund were
of St Theresa, schools, the massacred. Of these, one was the Altar by Francesco Robba in the church of
Orthodox church of the Holy Prince palatine, Stjepan Lacković. the Holy Cross, Križevci

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