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Tepčina Špica Summit and Medieval Fortress Ruins

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Tepčina Špica Summit and Medieval Fortress Ruins

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Tepčina Špica Summit and Medieval Fortress Ruins

Name: Tepčina Špica Summit and Medieval Fortress Ruins
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Location: City of Zagreb, Croatia

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Nino Ciglenecki

January 17, 2021

Today, Tepčina špica is a peak completely overgrown with forest at an altitude of 636 m (at least that's what the maps say, while a slightly higher number is written on the informative mountaineering board located at the peak).

There are the remains of a medieval fortress. They include an elongated plateau today covered with dense forest. In the southwestern and southeastern part of the plateau, there are elevated parts where insignificant remains of the foundations of the wall of an unknown fortification can be seen in the bushes and in the forest. In the southwestern part of the plateau are the remains of the foundations of a stone polygonal tower (15 meters in diameter) and an earthen embankment about 30 meters long. Considering the remains of the ruins, it is assumed that the fort had a masonry main defensive tower which was additionally fortified with wooden palisades.

This peak is located at the very end of the hiking trail 63 which leads from Laza Stubički. Somewhat further below Tepčina špica, trail 63 ends at a large intersection with trails 33 and 34.

medvednica.info/2010/10/tepcina-spica.html

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Jurica Resetar

January 19, 2022

There are the remains of a medieval fortress - but in reality it is just a pile of stones in the ground. If you’re not very by the way, you don’t need to go there.

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Elevation 640 m

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Tepčina Špica Summit and Medieval Fortress Ruins

1. Chapel of Croatian Martyrs – Horse and Elephant loop from Planina Donja

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