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Frankopan Castle (Ogulin)

Croatia · 15th century

Founded
c. 1500
Location
Ogulin
Elevation
320 m
Coordinates
45.2675°, 15.22444°
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Frankopan Castle (Ogulin) in Croatia
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Description

Frankopan Castle is located in the centre of the town of Ogulin in Karlovac County, directly at the sinkhole on the Dobra river. It is among the most significant Renaissance monuments in Croatia. The still-preserved moated castle was first documented in 1500 and belonged to the Frankopan family. It is simply called Stari grad (German: "Altstadt", old town) by the local population.

Machine-translated from “Kastell Frankopan” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Frankopan Castle (Ogulin) ranks #7,304 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #76 of the 79 mapped in Croatia. Founded c. 1500, it is older than 42% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Rijeka, 62 km away. See how Croatia compares in the castle statistics.

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