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Belecgrad Fortress Ruins

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Belecgrad Fortress Ruins

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Location: Krapina-Zagorje, Croatia

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1. Belecgrad Fortress Ruins – Babin Zub Summit loop from Grtovec

8.68km

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490m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Robert Nuli

May 9, 2020

Well-preserved ruins with a good view. Inside the walls are several stamps to collect.

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Nino Ciglenecki

August 10, 2020

BELECGRAD FORTRESS
The Belecgrad Fortress, ie its remains, are located approximately 3.5 km north of the present-day town of Belec. The fort is located on a secluded rocky peak 540m high. The slopes on the north and east sides of the hill are especially steep, and the south is only slightly milder. Therefore, access was possible only from the west.

Belecgrad was for some time a royal estate when it passed from the possession of the lordship of Frederick of Celje to the possession of Peter Gising. The fort was ruled by the Celjski, Szekely, Frankopani, Keglević, Erdody and Rattkay families, among others.

Belecgrad Castle was built as part of a chain of fortifications on the southern slopes of the largest mountain in Zagorje, Ivanščica. Then, for the needs of the defense of the Croatian-Hungarian kingdom, Loborgrad, Gradina near Lobor, Oštrcgrad, Belecgrad, the fortress of Židovina, Milengrad, Gradišče, Gotalovec and Grebengrad were built.

The plan of the fort had the shape of an irregular trapezoid, 60 m long and 21 m wide. In the northern part of the fort there was a living space on two floors.

With the development and strengthening of firearms during the 15th and 16th centuries, Belecgrad was additionally fortified from the south by a large circular bastion.

The fort lost its significance after the threat of Turkish invasions ceased and was abandoned in the middle of the 18th century. The castle in Selnica then became the center of the estate.

Height: 540 m

Stamp: metal, at the entrance to the garden

Bypasses: Belečki planinarski put, In the old towns of Ivanščica

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From Belac, from the church of Sv. Marija Snježna, along marked paths (educational trail or road) to the Belecgrad mountain house, from which it takes 15 minutes to reach the hillfort along the marked path.
From the top of Ivanščica from several directions to the mountain house Belecgrad and then to the hillfort. A hiking trail across Belig towards the Belecgrad mountain hut and a marked branch from that road towards the hillfort.

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ablass

February 16, 2021

Great track at all weather conditions, especially in winter.

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Elevation 480 m

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