Varaždin cemetery is the second most beautiful cemetery in Europe. It is protected natural park and cultural monument. It was founded in 1773.Read more

Varaždin cemetery is the second most beautiful cemetery in Europe. It is protected natural park and cultural monument. It was founded in 1773. In the beginning, it was cemetery like any other, but in 1860 inspector Josip Matušin divided the cemetery into te burial spaces, and the decoration. He was folowed by Stjepan Haller who elevates the work of forebear. Today there is planted more then 7000 different trees.

In order to protect their estate, the owner of Toplice, the Zagreb Chapter, commissioned the building of a castellum (fort) near the parish church in 1376.Read more

In the inner court of the castellum with an impressive Baroque colonnade, there is the collection of excavated stone monuments from the Roman times. In the middle of the court there is a bath tub where flowers are grown today. Today, the Castle houses the is used for the Local Heritage Museum of Varaždinske Toplice.

In the area of today's Varaždinske Toplice, near the thermal spring, there used to be an important Roman settlement Aquae Iasae in the period from the 1st to the 4th centuries.Read more

In the area of today's Varaždinske Toplice, near the thermal spring, there used to be an important Roman settlement Aquae Iasae in the period from the 1st to the 4th centuries.
The specific soil around the thermal spring, and the limestone layers respectively, were decisive for the good preservation of the Roman architecture thus making this complex one of the best preserved localities in Croatia.
The thermal sulphurous water, which springs in the area of today's park, is extraordinary curative, with the temperature of 58°C, and the finds suggest that the spring has been used for more than 2000 years, since the ancient times till today.The investigated parts of the Roman architecture are situated in the city park, and the spa park respectively, which was laid out in 1820 consisting at that time of two parts: a decorative garden with a pavilion with springs and a bandstand on the ground level (today archaeological site) as well as the landscape park stretching on the slopes of the hill, which in the upper parts grows into a forest park. The portal at the entrance to the park was erected in 1865 and is adorned with a fragment of a nymph relief and a Roman inscription as well as two marble lions with fish tails.

According to the old legend, Ludbreg is in the centre of the world because Earth's circles were delineated from that place in ancient times, and European capital cities were placed on their peripheries.Read more

Ludberga and Saint Florian watch over the centre of the world. They unite four elements; water and fire, soil and air. The fifth is added to them, „the Ludreg's sparkling wine“, always used to celebrate the anniversary of the centre of the world on the first of April.

Lepoglava lace is the result of the Pauline culture. Back in 1937, the Lepoglava lace was awarded a golden medal in Paris, and in 1937 a bronze medal in Berlin.Read more

Lepoglava lace is the result of the Pauline culture. Back in 1937, the Lepoglava lace was awarded a golden medal in Paris, and in 1937 a bronze medal in Berlin.Today, in order to preserve the traditional, lacemaking is treated with special care. The Lacemaking Society and the Lepoglava Lace Association have been founded with the purpose of organizing production and sale of these high-value products. Special importance for the promotion of Lepoglava lace has been given to international lacemeking festivals taking place repeatedly since 1997.

A thermal water spring is in fact an abandoned oil borehole from the year 1880. Instead of oil, salty water was found. Because it contains small amounts of oil and natural gas, water can be set alight, and according to the locals it also has some sanRead more

The water has a temperature of 31° C , and it rises by it's natural buoyance at a flow rate of some 12 liters per minute.

West of Kaniza in the forest of Turjac, on the slopes of Ivancica is a monument known as the “oltar”. Monuments age is currently unknown, and there is a legend which is connected with the church which stand here.Read more

According to the legend, angels took the church and moved it to some other place because of evil people... the only remnant of that period is the altar.

Ethno collection is setlted on the premises of the local school in Prigorec. There are more than 1000 different objects in the collection.


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Among preserved objects are old tools, watches, lamps, irons, original folk costumes and canvases, and among the oldest preserved objects are more then two hundreds years’ old cradle and zithers.

The collection can be seen on previous notice.

The oldest residential building in Toplice dating from 1526
with a well preserved late-Gothic interior is a ground-floor house on
the northern and a two-storey house on the southern side.

A votive pillar (pil) from the year 1772 commemorates on
the times when Varaždinske Toplice was threatened by the plague.

Fortification of Bela (Pusta Bela) was a fort and a center of Knights Hospitaller since the start of 13th century. Their presence in this area is confirmed by text from Bela IV from year 1238.Read more

Knights Hospitaller owned a large complex around Ivancica and Ivanec. Only material proof of Knights Hospitaller is in transfer or French building culture in romanic burgs with center defender tower which was brought to Croatia in the same time it appeared in France. Today it is confirmed by remaining of Pusta Bela whose old structures reside in area encircled by walls and towers.

The building was erected in 1871 with the purpose to accommodate the coaches
of the bath guests. At the beginning of the 20th century it was converted into a
health-resort hotel. Special attraction of the building is the inner courtyard.

The oldest part of the modern health spa. The building dates from
1779 but its appearance changed through numerous reconstructions.
Up to 1954 the building had a turret with a signal bell for spa guests.

The wooden country house from 1801 made of oak planks is a monument
of the Croatian common people house-building. Today the Country House houses
the ethnographic collection of the Local Heritage Museum.

In order to separate common people from noble guests in "Gornje mjesto" (Upper Place),
in 1849 was built in "Donje mjesto" (Lower Place).
Near the bath a common people inn, today "Tonimir" motel, was opened.

In this mine in the middle of 19th century Zink carbonate was extractedm and also lead galenite. Owner of the mine was Societe Anonyme Metalurqique Austro-Belge company.Read more

Mine was abandoned because of big water leeks and decreasing amounts of ore. To this mine a smelter is connected in Kljucevci which was owned by a Belgian company and was made in 1863.

Shafts of the mine are spreading to small halls at some places, you can find some very clear water in some of the shafts.

Hilly Bednja region is dominated by scattered hamlets, usually on the tops or slopes of the hills. These traditional hamlets have preserved the remains of the original arhitecture of Croatian Zagorje - old wooden houses. One of the best preserved ham

The reconstruction of the parish church of St. Martin was completed by installing an organ in the year 1765. The organ is the work of the famous organ-builder Antonius Römer from Graz, who was working in Croatia at that time.Read more

The reconstruction of the parish church of St. Martin was completed by installing an organ in the year 1765. The organ is the work of the famous organ-builder Antonius Römer from Graz, who was working in Croatia at that time.Professor Ladislav Šaban, the best organ expert in Croatia, was very fond of this organ and he wrote among other things: "The clear sound of genuine Baroque perfectly fits the Baroque ambiance of the Toplice church."
The complete organ reconstruction was carried out by the German organ builder and restorer Wolfgang J. Braun in 1993. Owing to his masterly work Varaždinske Toplice has been included in the programme of the "Baroque Evenings of Varaždin".

Water mills are a rare traditional economic structure which have functioned since the 18th or 19th ct., and are one of the last palpable and educative examples of the use of water power in family businesses.Read more

Water mills are a rare traditional economic structure which have functioned since the 18th or 19th ct., and are one of the last palpable and educative examples of the use of water power in family businesses.The mill in Prigorec was rebuilt in 2005. It is surrounded by two large sculptures ( three meters high sculpture of a mill worker) from authentic Lepoglav artist Dragutin Jamnić.

The "Gaveznica-Kameni vrh" is a geological natural monument where the remains of a volcano, with streaks of semi-precious stones have been protected. Those are flint-stone minerals of very high hardness.Read more

Agate is a kind of chalcedony on which millimetre thin light- and dark coloured layers can be seen.