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of the Slavonian fortresses from the 18th century, this fort was designed by the famous general, Prince Eugene of Savoy. The fortress has a largely tourist function and serves as a museum (21), as a space for keeping old crafts (38), and it is partly used for purposes of the Slavonski Brod City Hall (42). From other older fortified complexes in Slavonia, there are the relatively well preserved fortresses of the town of Ilok (34), a Franciscan monastery and the Palace of the Roman family Odeschalchi (former princes of Ilok) with a modern museum and the famous Ilok cellar (26), in which the famous Ilok wine Traminac is produced. The country manor Principovac is also near the fortress (35), and it is attractive for hosting various celebrations. Unlike in Ilok, only ruins remain of the walls of the once powerful medieval town Ružica on Papuk, above the town of Orahovica (36). The rich military history of Slavonia and Baranja of recent times
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is exhibited in a museum in Batina, the place of a great battle in World War II (25). Due to relatively recent construction in Slavonia's Podravina, west of Osijek we can find many well preserved castles and palaces. Among the most magnificent is the castle Normann Prandau in Valpovo (22) with partially preserved walls (31). The most elegant is the classicist castle Pejačević in Našice (39), surrounded by a beautiful landscape park and lake (40), and named after a famous noble family (33), which ruled most of Slavonian Podravina. In this castle lived the famous Croatian composer and pianist, Dora Pejačević, whose piano (23) stands as one of the main exhibits in the Heritage Museum of Našice. A Pejačević castle also stands at the centre of the westernmost Slavonian town of Virovitica (30). However the most special one is the youngest castle, Mailath, in Donji Miholjac, beside the river Drava, and which was built in the early