CASTLE TRAKOSCAN, CROATIA 4K

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Trakošćan Castle is one of the most famous castles in Croatia. It's located in the far north of the country in Varaždin County, near the Slovenian border. It was built in the 13th century, according to some sources on a site of an earlier fortress. It fell into disuse for many years, until the 19th century when it was "rediscovered" and renovated in the Romanticist style which was popular at the time. Nationalized after World War II, the castle is a popular tourist attraction and the site of a museum.

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We have visited gorgeous Castle of Trakošćan and created this video we want to share with you! We hope you will enjoy it! Share&Like! The history of the castle Trakoscan Trakoscan was built in the late 13th century in northwestern Croatian defense system as a small observation fortress for monitoring the road from Ptuj to Bednja Valley. According to legend, Trakoscan was named after the Thracian fortress (ARX Thacorum) which allegedly existed in antiquity. Another preserved legend says, it is named after the knights Drachenstein who in the early Middle Ages, ruled the region. Toponym was first mentioned in written records in 1334. year. Lords of fort in the first centuries is not known, yet we know that the end of the 14th century. owners Counts of Celje, which the same time ruled with entire Zagorje County. The family soon become extinct and Trakoscan shared the fate of their other towns and estates that were divided and changing owners. In these division Trakošćan such a unique property at first belongs to warlord Jan Vitovac then to Ivanis Korvin who gave it to his deputy John Gyulay. The family kept the castle for three generations and became extinct in 1566., and the estate was taken over by the state. For services rendered king Maximilian gave the estate to Juraj Draskovic (1525th-1587th), first personally, then as the family heritage. So finally at 1584 year Trakoscan belongs to Draskovic family. In the boom years of building castles in Croatian Zagorje, in the second half of the 18th century Trakoscan was abandoned. Neglected, it begins to deteriorate rapidly so just in the second half of the 19th century., the family re-interested in its estate in the spirit of the new era romantic return to nature and family traditions. In this spirit marshal Juraj V. Draskovic in residential castle and the surrounding park was transformed into a romantic garden. The next generation occasionally stay in Trakoscan until 1944th when they immigrated to Austria soon after the castle was nationalized. In 1954 the museum established with a permanent exhibition. Today the castle is owned by the Republic of Croatia. Source: https://bit.ly/2LqLOQm More info: https://bit.ly/2LiykH6 Let's get in touch: ►INSTAGRAM https://bit.ly/2LsPyke ►FACEBOOK https://bit.ly/2uzRBJV ►LUT https://bit.ly/2NuJDJ2