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Permanent Display 7. Medvedgrad The fortified Medvedgrad Castle was built at the instigation of Pope Innocent IV in the mid-thirteenth century to ward off Tatar invasions – the traces of their devastating incursion in 1242 were still all too fresh. Perched on the highest peak of the southern foothills of Medvednica Mountain, Medvedgrad had a good position from which its occupants could keep watch on the area stretching from Medvednica in the north to Turopolje in the south, and on the route which could be used for a strike from the plains of Slavonia westward; the route along the Sava valley was protected by Susedgrad. It was the time of the episcopate of Bishop Filip (1247-1262), an ally of King Bela IV, who gave his support to the construction of Medvedgrad. The castle, completed in 1254, was surrounded by double walls and a moat and had two towers, a residential palace, a chapel and a cistern, thus providing defence and domesticity. The architecture of many parts of Medvedgrad, especially the recently restored octagonal chapel of St. Philip and St. James, are considered the finest early Gothic buildings in Croatia. Medvedgrad changed many masters – from Croatian-Hungarian kings and bishops of Zagreb to noblemen and canons. Among them were Duke Koloman, the Babonić family, Ban Mikac, King Sigismund, the counts of Celje, King Matthias Corvinus, Duke Janos Corvinus, George of Brandenburg and Nikola Zrinski. Its last residents were the Gregorijanec, who left the castle in 1571 and moved to their new manor-house at Šestine. The powerful earthquake that hit the area on 15th September 1590 destroyed Medvedgrad. What life was like in Medvedgrad has been revealed by recent archeological excavations (1987-1994). Careful conservation and restoration work has given the monument a new lease of life. In front of the south wall of the fortress a monument has been erected to all heroes of Croatia – the Altar of the Fatherland, the work of the sculptor Kuzma Kovačić. Boris Mašić
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Stalni postav 7. Medvedgrad Srednjovjekovni utvrđeni grad Medvedgrad podignut je na poticaj pape Inocenta IV polovicom XIII. stoljeća radi obrane od moguće ponovne pustošeće provale Tatara - tragovi njihovih barbarskih upada 1242. godine bili su itekako svježi. Zauzevši sam vrh južnog obronka Medvednice, Medvedgrad je zadobio pogodan položaj zahvaljujući kojem su se na sve strane otvarala pogodna obzorja - tako je zadobiven nadzor prostorom od Medvednice na sjeveru do Turopolja na jugu; k tome, nadziran je jedan od pravaca koji bi mogao poslužiti za prodor iz ravne Slavonije prema zapadu, dok je riječni put uz Savu štitio Susedgrad. Bilo je to u doba biskupovanja Filipa (1247.-1262.), bliskog suradnika hrvatsko-ugarskog kralja Bele IV, koji je podupro gradnju Medvedgrada. Već 1254. godine Medvedgrad je bio dovršen. Medvedgradski dvostruki bedemi, opkop i dvije branič-kule te stambeni dio s palasom, kapelom i cisternom, pružali su potpunu sigurnost i udobnost. Mnogi građevni dijelovi, a osobito nedavno obnovljena osmerokutna kapela Sv. Filipa i Jakova, smatraju se našim vrhunskim ranogotičkim zdanjima nastalim pod utjecajem srednjoeuropske gotike. Medvedgrad je mijenjao razne gospodare, od hrvatsko-ugarskih kraljeva i zagrebačkih biskupa do velikaša i kanonika. Bili su to herceg Koloman, Babonići, ban Mikac, kralj Žigmund, Albeni, Celjski, kralj Matija Korvin, herceg Ivaniš Korvin, Juraj Brandenburški, Nikola Zrinski i - posljednji mu gospodari - Gregorijanci. Ti su se posljednji stanovnici i vlasnici Medvedgrada 1571. godine preselili u novoizgrađenu kuriju u Šestinama. Snažni potres 15. rujna 1590. godine razorio je Medvedgrad. Uvid u bogatu kulturu stanovanja i življenja dala su tek - započeta 1987. godine - arheološka otkopavanja. Godine 1994. završeni su opsežni arheološko-konzervatorski radovi, ispred južnog bedema podignut je spomenik svim hrvatskim junacima - Oltar domovine, rad kipara Kuzme Kovačića. Boris Mašić