List of castles in Croatia

List of castles in Croatia includes castles, remains (ruins) of castles and other fortifications like fortresses which used to be a castles at some point in history. A castle (from Latin castellum) is a type of fortified structure built in Europe (thus also in Croatia) and the Middle East during the Middle Ages. In its simplest terms, the definition of a castle accepted amongst academics is "a private fortified residence".^[1]

Construction and development of manors and castles on the territory of Croatia can be followed with certainty in the last two millennium - from Roman villa rusticas and palaces (like Diocletian's palace), to medieval castles (burgs), renaissance villas-summer houses in Dubrovnik and Dalmatia, to baroque and historicist manors of Northern Croatia, and town villas and palaces in most bigger Croatian towns.

Castle	Location	Type	Constructed	Notes	Image
Badnjevice Castle
Bajnski Dvori Castle	HR-05Gornje Ladanje, Varaždin County	Manor	17th century	Founded by the members of Both of Bayna, a noble family of Hungarian ancestry. Enlarged and renewed in the 19th century in the spirit of historicism.
Banfi Manor	HR-20Štrigova, Međimurje County	Manor	1373	Founded by the members of Bánffy, a noble family of Hungarian ancestry. Renewed recently .
Batthyány Castle	Ludbreg, Varaždin County		1320
Belaj	Cerovlje, Istria County		14th-17th century	Well preserved and renovated
Bežanec Castle				This baroque castle dating from 18th century was renovated during the 1930s in the classic manner and because of that, it has become one of the most representative castles in Croatia.
Bilje Castle
Brod Fortress	HR-12Slavonski Brod, Brod-Posavina County 45°9′23″N 18°0′24″E / 45.15639°N 18.00667°E
Bubnjarci Manor	HR-12aBubnjarci, Ozalj County	Manor	15 th century	Founded unknown, but later a noble family of Croatian ancestry.
Califfi Castle	HR-13Gornje Selo, Zadar County
Cambi Castle	HR-17Kaštel Kambelovac, Split-Dalmatia County
Cetin Castle	HR-04Podcetin, Karlovac County 45°08′18″N 15°43′54″E / 45.13833°N 15.73167°E	Castle	14th century
Cippico Castle	HR-17Kaštel Novi, Split-Dalmatia County		1512[2]	Built as a fortified summer residence by Pavao Antun Cippico, a nobleman from Trogir.[2]
Čačvina Castle	HR-17Čačvina, Split-Dalmatia County		1371[3]
Čakovec Castle	HR-20Čakovec, Međimurje County 46°23′20″N 16°25′55″E / 46.38889°N 16.43194°E	Castle	13th century	Built by Count Dimitrius Csáky, after whom the city of Čakovec is named. Later owned by many other noble families, including Lacković, the Counts of Celje, Ernušt, Zrinski, Althan and Feštetić. Outside the biggest fortification in Međimurje County, inside the main palace.
Daruvar Castle	HR-08Daruvar, Bjelovar-Bilogora County 45°59′28″N 17°22′36″E / 45.99111°N 17.37667°E
Drivenik Castle	HR-08Novi Vinodolski, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County 45°14′17″N 14°38′48″E / 45.23806°N 14.64667°E
Dubovac Castle	HR-04Karlovac, Karlovac County
Dvigrad	HR-18Draga near Pazin, Istria County
Đurđevac Castle	HR-06Đurđevac, Koprivnica-Križevci County 46°02′43″N 17°04′07″E / 46.04528°N 17.06861°E
Falcon Fortress
Eltz Manor	HR-16Vukovar, Vukovar-Syrmia County 45°21′27″N 18°59′42″E / 45.3575358481°N 18.9949858189°E	Manor	1749–1751
Erdödy Castle
Erdut Castle	HR-14Erdut, Osijek-Baranja County 45°31′36″N 19°03′51″E / 45.526703°N 19.064180°E	Castle	14th century
Feštetić Castle	HR-20Pribislavec near Čakovec, Međimurje County		1870[4]	Built by count Juraj Feštetić in neo-gothic style. Today houses the Pribislavec elementary school.[4]
Fortress Kastel	HR-03Hrvatska Kostajnica, Sisak-Moslavina County
Fortress Nehaj	HR-09Senj, Lika-Senj County	Fortress	1558
Frankopan Castle	HR-08Krk, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County	Castle
Glavaš - Dinarić Fortress	HR-17Vrlika, Split-Dalmatia County	Fortress	15th century
Grižane Castle
Grobnik Castle	HR-8Grobnik, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County	Castle	10th century	From 1225 belonged to the Krčki (later renamed Frankopan) family and from the 16th century to the Zrinskis.
Gvozdansko Castle
Hreljin Castle
Hvar Fortress
Ilok Castle
Kamerlengo Castle	HR-17Trogir, Split-Dalmatia County 43°30′55″N 16°14′51″E / 43.51528°N 16.24750°E	Fortress	Mid-15th century
Kaštilac	HR-17Kaštel Gomilica, Split-Dalmatia County
Klenovnik Castle
Klis Fortress	HR-17Klis, Split-Dalmatia County	Fortress
Knin Fortress		Fortress		During the period of the early Croatian state it was an occasional residence of national rulers (Trpimir, Muncimir, Svetoslav, Držislav, Zvonimir and Petar).
Kožljak	Kršan, Istria County		13th century
Kršan	Kršan, Istria County		11th century
Lapšina Castle
Ledenice Castle
Lovrijenac		Fortress
Lužnica Castle		Manor
Mali Tabor Castle		Castle
Maruševec Castle	HR-05Maruševec, Varaždin County
Medvedgrad	HR-21Zagreb, City of Zagreb 45°52′11″N 15°56′28″E / 45.86972°N 15.94111°E	Castle	1249–1254[5]	Built on southern hillside of mountain Medvednica as a defense from Tatars, who had pillaged Zagreb in 1242. Severely damaged by earthquake in 1590 and described as a ruin by the late 17th century. Renovated in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.[6]
Milengrad	HR-02Budinščina municipality, Krapina-Zagorje County		13th century	Built in the Ivanšćica mountain as a defense from Mongols, property of Cseszneky, Herkffy and Patachich families, described as a ruin by the late 17th century. Hungarian name: Milen vára.
Mirabella Fortress (Peovica)	HR-17Omiš, Split-Dalmatia County		Early 12th century[3]
Monkodonja
Nečven	HR-15Promina, Šibenik-Knin County	Fortress		14th century
Nesactium
Nova Kraljevica
Novigrad Castle	HR-13Novigrad, Zadar County
Novigrad na Dobri	HR-04Novigrad na Dobri, Karlovac County 45°28′55″N 15°27′10″E / 45.48194°N 15.45278°E	Castle	14th century	This castle once belonged to the famous Croatian family Frankopan, but after the death of its owner, Fran Krsto Frankopan, it was robbed by Austrian general Herbstein. He later sold it to the knights of the catholic Order of Malta who kept it under their rule until 1746. After them, the owners of the castle became the Croatian noble family Patačić and the members of this family lived in the castle until the beginning of 20.th century. During the World War II, Novigrad na Dobri was seriously damaged but the enchanting beauty of its ruins still gives proof of its rich history.
Novi Zrin
Nutjak
Obrovac Castle
Opeka Manor	HR-05Vinica, Varaždin County 46°19′30″N 16°08′52″E / 46.32500°N 16.14778°E	Manor
Oršić Castle in Gornja Stubica			1756
Oršić Castle in Gornja Bistra
Oršić Castle in Slavetić
Oršić Castle in Jurketinec
Otočac Castle
Ozalj Castle	HR-04Ozalj, Karlovac County 45°36′51″N 15°28′14″E / 45.61417°N 15.47056°E		Mid-16th century	The oldest part of the castle, Zrinski Palace, was built by Nikola Šubić Zrinski ten years before his death at the Battle of Szigetvár. His son Juraj IV Zrinski built the entry tower in 1599. The castle was renewed and repaired by count Theodor Batthyani (died 1813).[7]
Paz	Cerovlje, Istria County		13th-17th century
Pazin Castle	Pazin, Istria County		10th century
Pejačević Castle in Našice	HR-14Našice, Osijek-Baranja county	Castle	1811–1812
Pejačević Castle in Retfala	HR-14Retfala, suburb of Osijek, Osijek-Baranja County	Castle	1796–1801
Pejačević Castle in Virovitica	HR-10Virovitica, Virovitica-Podravina County	Castle	1800–1804
Pietrapelosa	Buzet, Istria County	Castle	10th century
Posert Castle	Cerovlje, Istria County	Castle	11th-14th century
Prandau-Normann Castle	HR-14Valpovo, Osijek-Baranja County 45°39′33″N 18°24′55″E / 45.65917°N 18.41528°E
Potravlje Fortress	HR-17Split-Dalmatia County		14th century[3]
Prozor Fortress			Early 15th century[3]	Built by the Hrvatinić family, the fortress was captured by the Turks in 1523. The Turks held the fortress for two centuries, until they were expelled by the Venetians.[3]
Ribnik Castle	HR-04Ribnik, Karlovac County	Castle
Ružica Castle	HR-10Orahovica, Virovitica-Podravina County
Samobor Castle	HR-01Samobor, Zagreb County 45°47′56″N 15°41′53″E / 45.79889°N 15.69806°E
Sinj Fortress
Sisak Fortress
Slunj Castle
Sokolac Castle	HR-09Brinje, Lika-Senj County
Starigrad Fortress (Fortica)	HR-17Omiš, Split-Dalmatia County
Šarengrad castle	Šarengrad
St. Nicholas Fortress	HR-15Šibenik, Šibenik-Knin County	Fortress
St. Michael Fort	HR-13Preko, Zadar County 44°04′19″N 15°09′35″E / 44.07194°N 15.15972°E
Šumber	HR-20Sveta Nedelja, Istria County		13th-17th century
Tkalec Manor	HR-20Štrigova, Međimurje County	Manor	18th century
Topana Castle
Trakošćan Castle	HR-05Bednja, Varaždin County 46°15′33″N 15°57′00″E / 46.25917°N 15.95000°E	Castle		Drašković family occupied the castle until the early 20th century.[8]
Trsat Castle	HR-08Rijeka, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Tržan Castle in Modruš
Tvrdalj Castle	HR-17Stari Grad, Split-Dalmatia County		16th century[9]	Fortified summer palace of the poet Petar Hektorović
Veliki Bukovec Castle	HR-05Veliki Bukovec, Varaždin County		1745–1755
Veliki Tabor Castle	HR-02Desinić, Krapina-Zagorje County 46°09′17″N 15°39′05″E / 46.15472°N 15.65139°E	Castle	Early 16th century[8]	Perched on top of a hill, at an altitude of 334 m (1,096 ft), the castle had many owners, among them Ratkaj family and Oton Iveković, a Croatian painter. Today it houses several art and antique collections.[8][10]
Vitturi Castle	HR-17Kaštel Lukšić, Split-Dalmatia County 43°33′18″N 16°22′05″E / 43.555°N 16.368°E
Vrana Castle
Vrgorac Castle
Zadvarje Castle	HR-17Split-Dalmatia County		1478–1482[3]
Zajezda Castle
Zichy-Terbocz Manor
Zrin Castle
Zrinski-Frankopan Castle	HR-08Severin na Kupi, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County 45°25′17″N 15°10′08″E / 45.42139°N 15.16889°E	Castle	16th century	Castle (palace) with the park in Severin na Kupi was the estate of an aristocrat family Frankopan. The castle was first mentioned in 1558. It is one store building with square ground plan and internal yard and halls with arcades, and outside corner cylindrical towers. There is the part around the castle with a chapel St. Florian. Today's Baroque palace is result of ample reconstruction made in 1803 by owner of that time Count John Oršia.

See also

• List of castles
• Military history of Croatia
• Walls of Dubrovnik
• Walls of Ston

References

Notes

1. Coulson 2003, p. 16.
2. "Kastel Novi". mdc.hr. Museum Documentation Center. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
3. "Castles of Split Dalmatia County". inyourpocket.com. In Your Pocket City Guides. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
4. http://www.medimurje.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105&Itemid=55 (Croatian)
5. "Contagious Middle Ages". osaarchivum.org. Open Society Archives. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
6. http://www.medievalwall.com/architecture/fortress-medvedgrad/
7. http://www.ozalj-tz.hr/eznameniti.asp
8. Oliver, Jeanne (2007). Croatia (4th ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-74104-916-9.
9. Slobodan Prosperov Novak (2006), Hvar: Mjesta, Ljudi, Sudbine [Hvar: Places, People, Destiny] (in Croatian), Zagreb: Matica Hrvatska, ISBN 953-150-752-X
10. "Veliki Tabor". veliki-tabor.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2010-05-23.

Bibliography

• Coulson, Charles (2003), Castles in Medieval Society: Fortresses in England, France, and Ireland in the Central Middle Ages, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-927363-4

Further reading

• Binney, Marcus (2009). "Castles & Manor Houses of Croatia: Winning or Losing". Croatia: Aspects of Art, Architecture and Cultural Heritage. pp. 174–193.

External links

• Croatian castles
• Dvorci, kurije i ljetnikovci u Hrvatskoj (Croatian)
• Croatia - Castles and Manors
• Castle and Fortress Ruins in Zagreb County