Medvedgrad
Hilltop medieval fortress ruin with restored walls, a war memorial altar and wide forest views.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Medvedgrad, the hilltop fortress above Zagreb, follows Janus Pannonius, a Renaissance Latin poet and bishop who served King Matthias Corvinus, into the spring of fourteen seventy-two, when a plot at court went wrong. It touches his schooling in Italy, the two nations that claim him, and a modern Croatian poet who wrote about his sky. Best heard from the ramparts, looking out over the city.
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