- Oršić Castle in Gornja Stubica
-
Front view of Oršić castle
Backyard view of Oršić castle
Peasants' revolt monument near the Oršić castleOršić Castle is a baroque castle in the Gornja Stubica municipality, Krapina-Zagorje County, northwestern Croatia.
History
It was built in 1756 by Croatian count Krsto Oršić /English: Christopher Orshich/ (1718–1782) on the site of a previous fortress from the Middle Ages and designed in L-shaped ground plan. From the backyard side the both wings are open in arcades that follow the line of the corridor, while the outside frontage is quite simple, with rhythmically aligned windows and a few corner rustic details.
After a large earthquake in 19th century a classicist porch with a tympanum and Doric columns was added to the castle. Inside there is a well-preserved chapel with illusionistic murals and an illustrated baroque altar.
Besides this castle, the Oršić family owned a large number of other castles, palaces and estates in Croatia, among which the most significant were castles Gornja Bistra at Zaprešić, Slavetić at Jastrebarsko, Jurketinec at Varaždin and palaces in Zagreb and Varaždin.
Until 1924 the castle was the feudal residence of the Oršić family, but then the last members left it. A primary school was situated in a part of the castle for some time after that, and a local peasant's cooperative society as well. At the end of the sixties and the beginning of the seventies of the last century the castle was thoroughly renewed and transformed into a Museum of the Peasants' revolt, which deals with a tragic event that occurred in 1573 in this area.
Around the castle there is a park with a huge monument dedicated to the Peasants' revolt and to its leader Matija Gubec, made by a prominent Croatian sculptor Antun Augustinčić.
See also
- List of castles in Croatia
- Croatian-Slovenian peasant revolt
- Museum
- Antun Augustinčić
- Matija Gubec
- Zaprešić - Oršić family mansion
- Varaždin - Erdödy-Oršić palace
External links
- Oršić castle photo
- Peasants' revolt monument near the castle
- Aerial view of the Oršić castle and Peasants' revolt monument
- Castle – property of Oršić family
Castles in Croatia - Brod Fortress
- Čakovec Castle
- Califfi Castle
- Cambi Castle
- Cetin Castle
- Cippico Castle
- Drivenik Castle
- Dubovac Castle
- Dvigrad
- Eltz Manor
- Erdut Castle
- Feštetić Castle
- Frankopan Castle
- Glavaš - Dinarić Fortress
- Grižane Castle
- Gvozdansko Castle
- Hreljin Castle
- Ilok Castle
- Lovrijenac
- Kamerlengo Castle
- Kaštilac
- Klenovnik Castle
- Klis Fortress
- Knin Fortress
- Maruševec Castle
- Medvedgrad
- Mirabella Fortress (Peovica)
- Fortress Kastel
- Nečven
- Nehaj Fortress
- Novigrad Castle
- Novi Zrin
- Opeka Manor
- Ozalj Castle
- Potravlje Fortress
- Prandau-Normann Castle
- Prozor Fortress
- Samobor Castle
- Sokolac Castle
- Starigrad Fortress (Fortica)
- St. Nicholas Fortress
- Trakošćan Castle
- Trsat Castle
- Tvrdalj Castle
- Veliki Bukovec Castle
- Veliki Tabor Castle
- Vitturi Castle
- Vrana Castle
- Zrin Castle
- Đurđevac Castle
- Štefano Castle
Categories:- Castles in Croatia
- Museums in Croatia
- Krapina-Zagorje County
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
.jpg){kind=link}