Why visit
Why visit Lepoglava — Home of Croatian Lace
A small town famous for two very different things: bobbin lace, inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Heritage list, and a Pauline monastery school that was Croatia's first university (1503). The Pauline complex, later a notorious 20th-century prison, is now a museum..
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Estimated visit
2 hours
Best season
Any time
Where
Lepoglava, Croatia
Category
Historical
History
A small town famous for two very different things: bobbin lace, inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Heritage list, and a Pauline monastery school that was Croatia's first university (1503). The Pauline complex, later a notorious 20th-century prison, is now a museum.
“Lepoglava's monastery school in 1503 became the first institution in Croatia to teach at university level — Croatia's own Alma Mater.”
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