Medvedgrad fortress - Medvednica Zagreb

Specificity Medvedgrad is that you can see it from all parts of Zagreb , and today is the great issue and it can visit every day .

Medvedgrad ( Bear City)  is located in the southern part of Mount Medvednica . Medvedgrad fortress near the present city of Zagreb and dates from the 13th century .

Medvedgrad after the Tartar invasion was the largest fortress in Croatia . From Medvedgrad provides an excellent view of the Zagreb especially at night and during clear days .

Chapel St. Philip and Jacob - early Gothic style

Besides the fortress Medvedgrad which is surrounded by a double defensive wall , inside the walls , there is a chapel of St. Philip and Jacob ( early Gothic style ) .

The chapel is located on the upper part of the town Medvedgrad and has a regular octagonal floor plan with an apse to the west.

Chapel of St. Philip and St. James is the oldest chapel noble city in Croatia and the Croatian most important buildings built in the Romanesque- Gothic style .

Buildings in the city are built of stone and brick .

Today the city is a well that is in very good condition and is located next to the chapel .

The entire fortress dominates the small fortress building which is located on the south side of town Medvedgrad .


The fort was abandoned Medvedgrad of the last inhabitants in 1602. year after the earthquake, which was heavily damaged .

Today Medvedgrad attraction that every day attracts many residents of the city of Zagreb , as well as tourists . If you drop by to Sljeme , this is one of the places that you must see .