Moments to treasure in the towns of Slavonia and Baranja CULTURAL HERITAGE BROD FORTIFICATION AND MONASTERY (Slavonski Brod) - an 18th century fortification which ranks among the largest of such structures in Croatia; Franciscan Monastery from the Baroque period OSIJEK “TVRĐA” - romantic old nucleus of the city ODESHALCHI CASTLE AND MEDIEVAL DEFENSIVE WALLS (Ilok) - Renaissance park architecture, church and monastery of St. John of Capestrano PEJAČEVIĆ CASTLE (Našice) - castle in Baroque-Classicist style dating from 1804, with a park which is a protected monument of nature
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his is a place where people have a deep respect for Mother Earth and whose faces reflect the pride they take in their Slavonian origins. Waste no time; set off down roads that will take you past mighty medieval fortifications, monasteries, Baroque castles and the manor houses of Osijek, Vinkovci, Požega, Slavonski Brod, all the way to Vukovar and Ilok; to Đakovo, where the indigenous Li-
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pizzaner horses proudly strut their stuff ; to places where rare birds nest and flock and where wild geese rise from the famous Kopački rit Nature Park. Come and discover the monastery of Ilok, where the Franciscan St. John of Capistrano is buried; the Baroque fortifications of Slavonski Brod and Osijek - that urban and cultural Pannonian metropolis whose university and scientific environment has produced THE SPRING PROCESSION OF LJELJE/KRALJICE (QUEENS) from Gorjani - UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage
TOURISM PLUS Hunting, fishing, wine roads, hiking trails, cycling trails, riding