Why visit
Why visit Voćin Old Castle
The ruins of Voćin castle brood on a wooded spur above the pilgrimage church at the foot of Papuk. Frankopan and later Habsburg lords held the fortress until an Ottoman raid gutted it in the 1540s; its shattered curtain walls and cistern shaft are freely accessible via a short forest path..
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Estimated visit
1 hour
Best season
April–October
Where
Voćin, Croatia
Category
Castle
History
The ruins of Voćin castle brood on a wooded spur above the pilgrimage church at the foot of Papuk. Frankopan and later Habsburg lords held the fortress until an Ottoman raid gutted it in the 1540s; its shattered curtain walls and cistern shaft are freely accessible via a short forest path.
“The castle was one of the strongholds of the powerful Frankopan family in the late Middle Ages.”
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