GCA3A7B Frankopan Tower in Bribir (Traditional Cache) in Croatia created by sasa.atanasovski

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Frankopanska kula u Bribiru

Frankopani su bili hrvatska plemićka obitelj, čiji su članovi bili jedni od većih veleposjednika i visokih časnika Kraljevine Hrvatske u uniji s Ugarskom. Frankopani, uz Zrinske, spadaju među najznačajnije i najpoznatije hrvatske velikaške rodove koji su od 11. do 17. stoljeća, vrlo usko bili povezani s poviješću, prošlošću i sudbinom hrvatskoga naroda i Hrvatske. Stoljećima su članovi tih velikaških rodova bili nositelji i branitelji Hrvatske od nadmoćnijega osmanlijskoga osvajača, ali i odlučni protivnici sve opasnijega habsburškoga carskog apsolutizma. Ove su obitelji također posjedovale mnoge dvorce na području Gorskog kotara i Kvarnera, a ovaj vas geocache vodi do jednog od tih dvoraca.

Frankopanska kula u Bribiru jedini je ostatak nekadašnjeg kaštela smještenog u sjevernom dijelu srednjovjekovnog utvrđenog grada. Kaštel je u posjedu ove obitelji od 14. stoljeća, a izvorno se sastojao od dvostrukih zidova, uskog dvorišta, stambene i upravne zgrade te dviju kula. Krajem 19. stoljeća kaštel je porušen da bi se na njegovom mjestu izgradila školska i općinska zgrada.

Frankopan Tower in Bribir

The House of Frankopan was a Croatian noble family, whose members were among the great landowner magnates and high officers of the Kingdom of Croatia in union with Hungary. The Frankopans, along with the Zrinskis, are among the most important and most famous Croatian noble families who, from the 11th to the 17th century, were very closely connected with the history, past and destiny of the Croatian people and Croatia. For centuries, members of these noble clans were the bearers and defenders of Croatia against the Ottomans, but also resolute opponents of the increasingly dangerous Habsburg imperial absolutism. These families also owned many castles in the areas of Gorski kotar and Kvarner, and this geocache takes you to one of those castles.

The Frankopan tower in Bribir is the only remnant of the former castle located in the northern part of the medieval fortified town. The castle was in possession of this family since the 14th century, and it originally consisted of double walls, a narrow courtyard, a residential and administrative building, and two towers. At the end of the 19th century, the castle was pulled down to build a school and a municipal building in its place.