CASTLE OF COUNT JANKOVICH, DARUVAR

On the hill above the center of town, count Anthony Jankovic gave built a baroque castle which construction lasted for six years, from the 1771st till the 1777th.

The castle was called Daruvar (Dar = Crane, Var = city) by a crane was in the family coat of arms. The construction and development of the village around the castle during the reign of Count Anthony Jankovic, began to lose his old name of the village, Podborje, and use the city name to be kept up to date. German Taube explorer and travel writer once wrote that the most beautiful palace in your realm, so it should not hide in Vienna. It was built in a U-shaped, meaning it consists of three wings surrounding the courtyard facing north, while the main entrance on the south. On the ground floor and upstairs there is a total of 60 rooms of which the central place in the main central wing occupies the main salon, and concert dvorana.Po modeled on the former purpose and Salon Today, there are occasionally held the evening concert, and also a formal wedding ceremonies. The ground floor of the castle is a permanent exhibition of the written documents that speak of family life Jankovic, the Croatian and Hungarian. On the floor is placed a temporary exhibition of found and borrowed furniture and utilitarian objects from the time Jankovich.