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Požega - Sights

Slavonia

Southeast placed in the "Golden Valley", which the Romans called Vallis aureae, surrounded by Slavonian mountains ring Psunj, Papuk, Dilj and Krndija, Požega has been through the centuries the most important center of population in western Slavonia. It is the center of the Pozega-Slavonia County and the Diocese of Požega.

Bishop's Palace - for its monumentality, it is now one of the largest and most representative of the Episcopal Palace in Croatia. Although the additions 1904th lost its main feature of the Baroque it still contains elements of periods of 13 to 20 century.

Church of St. Lawrence - the oldest church built in Pozega early 14th century in the city center. One-nave Gothic church with a narrower and lower sanctuary, which was concluded with a polygonal pillars.

The Franciscan monastery with the Church of the Holy Spirit - is considered to be a church and monastery built in the time of King Ladislaus IV. About 1285, Mr. Church was first dedicated to St. Demetrius says that a document from 1317, which among other things states that the monastery and the church burned 1305th g. When the Turks conquered Požegu 1537th, destroying the monastery, a church converted into a mosque called "Šerklot. Therefore, the church preserved and somewhat late Romanesque, Gothic and Ottoman architecture.

Cathedral of St. Theresa of Avila - Pozega cathedral interior is decorated in a playful style of the Baroque and Rococo. Church dominates the main altar of St.. Teresa that his is a rare example of monumental Baroque-Rococo units in Croatia. He gave him the consecrated Bishop Francis Thauszy during the consecration of the church.

Palace Pozega county - the building was constructed in the spirit of historicism, which recognizes the rich decoration of the facade, the application of pilasters, capitals, cornices, towers with three domes.

Holy Trinity Square with its Baroque houses and kužnim saw - a symbol of the monument to St. Pozega. Holy Trinity Square. Trinity

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