Karlovac - Croatia

bubach_hlubach · May 13th, 2005, 09:46 AM

Karlovac and castles around it - central Croatia

Karlovac developed around the Renaissance-style fortified town in the 16th century, between the Kupa and the Korana rivers. The only remains of the fortifications are moats, while the remains of the former old town include ten-odd nice and regular streets with valuable Baroque structures and the central square. Among the sacral buildings, the most prominent are the early Baroque church of the Holy Trinity with the Franciscan monastery and the national shrine of St. Joseph. Other valuable structures include "Zorin Dom", the Town Museum, the Music School and the very well preserved mediaeval fortification Dubovac, today converted into a hotel.

The attractive position of the town on four rivers (the Kupa, the Korana, the Mreznica and the Dobra) and an extremely favourable location in terms of traffic - on the main road from Zagreb to the Adriatic Coast - facilitate the development of tourism, especially transit. The landscaped park Vrbanicev Perivoj and Marmont Alley of plane trees are protected horticultural monuments, and the peat-bog plant community Banski Moravci, east of the town, is set aside as a special biological reserve.

Karlovac :

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town :

commies :

old town Karlovac - Dubovac :

Ribnik :

Frankopan Kastel :

Bosiljevo :

old town Ozalj :

BosRoker · May 13th, 2005, 09:09 PM

Very nice. Even the commieblocks look like they belong.

Do you know how many people are there in the actual town? I remember the figure 60,000, but I'm not sure if that's for the city, municipality, or county?

bubach_hlubach · May 13th, 2005, 10:04 PM

^ Yup, you were right - exactly 60.000 citizens, while the entire county of Karlovac has approximately 170.000 ppl.

yugoboy · May 14th, 2005, 04:38 AM

Thank you for posting pictures of Croatian cities! They are so beautiful, even the ones not on the coastline

BTW, How is Vukovar doing, is it still Destroyed or has there been reconstruction?

salvius · May 14th, 2005, 07:32 AM

Very charming.

mic of Orion · May 15th, 2005, 02:34 AM

great, nice pics bubach

Timoth12 · May 15th, 2005, 12:34 PM

Very beautiful.

May 13th, 2005, 09:46 AM	#1
bubach_hlubach scream bloody gore Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 6,451	Karlovac - Croatia Karlovac and castles around it - central Croatia Karlovac developed around the Renaissance-style fortified town in the 16th century, between the Kupa and the Korana rivers. The only remains of the fortifications are moats, while the remains of the former old town include ten-odd nice and regular streets with valuable Baroque structures and the central square. Among the sacral buildings, the most prominent are the early Baroque church of the Holy Trinity with the Franciscan monastery and the national shrine of St. Joseph. Other valuable structures include "Zorin Dom", the Town Museum, the Music School and the very well preserved mediaeval fortification Dubovac, today converted into a hotel. The attractive position of the town on four rivers (the Kupa, the Korana, the Mreznica and the Dobra) and an extremely favourable location in terms of traffic - on the main road from Zagreb to the Adriatic Coast - facilitate the development of tourism, especially transit. The landscaped park Vrbanicev Perivoj and Marmont Alley of plane trees are protected horticultural monuments, and the peat-bog plant community Banski Moravci, east of the town, is set aside as a special biological reserve. Karlovac : aerial : town : commies : old town Karlovac - Dubovac : Ribnik : Frankopan Kastel : Bosiljevo : old town Ozalj : __________________ Warren - 9 mile & Van Dyke :D

May 13th, 2005, 09:09 PM	#2
BosRoker Tomorrow comes today Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 631	Very nice. Even the commieblocks look like they belong. Do you know how many people are there in the actual town? I remember the figure 60,000, but I'm not sure if that's for the city, municipality, or county? __________________ "People are not little stones, or keys in someone's pocket, that can be moved from one place to another just like that... Therefore, we cannot precisely arrange for only Serbs to stay in one part of the country while removing others painlessly. I do not know how Mr Krajisnik and Mr Karadzic will explain that to the world. That is genocide." - Ratko Mladić, May 12, 1992

May 13th, 2005, 10:04 PM	#3
bubach_hlubach scream bloody gore Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 6,451	^ Yup, you were right - exactly 60.000 citizens, while the entire county of Karlovac has approximately 170.000 ppl. __________________ Warren - 9 mile & Van Dyke :D

May 15th, 2005, 02:34 AM	#6
mic of Orion I come in peace \V/ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 7,250	great, nice pics bubach __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" Benjamin Franklin "All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke "Power to the people" Mic of Orion

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May 14th, 2005, 04:38 AM	#4
yugoboy Emperor of Unitic Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 604	Thank you for posting pictures of Croatian cities! They are so beautiful, even the ones not on the coastline BTW, How is Vukovar doing, is it still Destroyed or has there been reconstruction?

May 14th, 2005, 07:32 AM	#5
salvius Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,294	Very charming.

May 15th, 2005, 12:34 PM	#7
Timoth12 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 982	Very beautiful.