In Search of the Lost Times

A short drive from Zagreb to Velika Mlaka, where St. Barbara’s Chapel is situated. This building is the most attractive and most representative work of wooden sacral architecture in the middle part of Croatia, entirely built of cleft oak planks. It has survived three centuries, but the time didn’t at all lessen her original beauty. The engraved years: 1642 (when the construction started) and 1912 (when the porch was added) confirm the 270 year tradition of timber-working and wooden architecture in Turopolje. Indoor, walls, ceiling and altar are decorated with paintings and ornaments up to the smallest details. Sightseeing and performance of traditional hymns.
Arrival to the Velika Gorica, the biggest and central town of Turopolje, in history first mentioned in 1228 as a perish centre, and the archaeological findings prove that this area was inhabited since the prehistory. In the city centre there is so called City of Turopolje – one level building built middle 18th ct. It used to be a town hall of “The Noble Municipality of Turopolje”. In the decorated big hall on the upper floor municipals assemblies (“spravišća”) used to be held. In 1960 this became The Museum of Turopolje. It houses archaeological, ethnographic, cultural and historic collections of Velika Gorica region. Guided visit with an introduction to the heritage of Turopolje.
After the tour the members of a local cultural-artistic association will present you how traditional ornaments used to be made and how the women used to brush their hair; and you will have an opportunity to try out your on skills in making ornaments.
Lunch in a restaurant and a performance of traditional songs on tamburica instrument and folk dances.

Information:

• duration 4 to 6 hours
• available only on Saturday and Sunday, not available from 1st July to 1st September
• minimum 25 pax