Around Turopolje with Jasenka, 23/06/2012

It's February already and time to think about booking my this year's flight to Zagreb. And also time to plan what I am going to shoot while there. Here are some photos I took last year on a day out with my photographer friend, Jasenka. She lives in a beautiful rural part of north-west Croatia, just outside Zagreb, called Turopolje, and kindly suggested she took me around on a photo trip. It was one of the most exciting, beautiful and memorable days of my life. We ended the day by a lovely dinner of stuffed peppers Croatian style cooked for us by her hubby and some home made wine. I also had the pleasure of meeting her two lovely children. Please, God, can I have some more days like that in my life?!

The first two photos are of Kurija Modic Bedekovic (English name according to Google Curia Modic-versity). It is a wooden manor house built at the beginning of 19th centuries and it is still in the same familly. More recently it was the home of twin sisters Vilma and Milka who were both artist.




Next photo shows the interior of another wooden architecture piece of work, St. Barbara's Church, from 17th century.



A short distance away in the middle of a large field, close to the Zagreb airport, lies the Chapel of the Wounded Christ. It was also made of wood, in the second half of 18th century.



Our last stop was Castle Lukavec. It was originally wooden as well, and was built to defend Turopolje from
the Ottoman invasion in Croatia. The exact year of its construction is unknown. Today's baroque style castle was built in 1755.



About two hundred yards away from the castle a little surprise was awaiting us. From a distance we saw a group of women and a beautiful flower display on the edge of woodland, next to a wooden footbridge. Curious we headed in that direction and found a small flower arrangements firm were having an advertising photo shoot for weddings. We were totally bowled over by the scene and, of course, wanted to take pictures ourselves. They were kind and generous enough to let us go ahead. All they asked for was not to publish the photos before the date they planned on publishing theirs!




Comments

  1. Kakva krasna reportaža....podsjetila si me na ljepote Turopolja i pobudila nakanu da prvom prilikom odem tamo (pa i nije daleko od ZagrebA..:-)...)

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  2. Hvala, Davore! Da,Turopolje je krasno za otici malo negdje drugdje, i za cas si tamo s autom ili busom.

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  3. Gorgeous photos! I hope you will have more opportunities to take images like that next time you visit Zagreb.

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  4. Thanks very much for a kind comment, Anna!

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