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Veliki Tabor

Classic castle

With bulging brightly-painted towers emerging from a verdant hilltop, Veiki Tabor looks a bit like the kind of castle you might see in a children’s colouring book.

The castle was built in various stages between the thirteenth and sixteenth-centuries, and is a wonderful example of a change-over in architectural styles, with the late-Gothic towers and turrets of the exterior hiding a beautiful Renaissance arcaded courtyard.

Inside

Museum galleries inside display a wealth of weaponry and furnishings. Pride of place is occupied by the castle’s huge ceramic ovens, their tiles decorated with mythical beasts in relief.

One room is devoted to the tale of Veronica of Desnica, the local maid who was secretly married to castle owner Hermann of Celje’s son Friedrich. The disapproving Hermann had Friedrich locked up and Veronica murdered, drowning her in a barrel of water and then bricking up her remains in one of the castle towers. Her ghost, it is said, still stalks the castle corridors.

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April 1 - October 31: Tuesday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00, Saturday & Sunday 10:00 - 18:00.

November 1 - March 31: Tuesday - Sunday 09:00 - 16:00

Tickets: €5

By Car: With no public transport you’re really dependent on your own wheels. The castle lies 15km north of Kumrovec and both destinations can easily be combined in a day-trip from the capital.

Veliki Tabor Castle Museum

910–1526 Croatia, Hungary & Venice

Central Croatia

Image by Jonathan Bousfield