Castles in Zagorje
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Lime-tree (Lipa) and the church in Gornja Stubica, near to castle Orsic
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The tree should be old about..
400 years, according to a story/legend - The big peasant rebellion in 1572
against aristocracy which exploited them should have started at this place
- under this tree.The leader was Matija Gubec, and that's how it's called
today - Gubec's lime / Gupceva lipa. The rebellion was (brutally) pushed
down, and Matija Gubec was executed.(and became a hero too)
When i arrived there, it was a sad picture.
No sun, and an almost ruined, empty, abandoned castle. Although, at the
"hidden", back side, there were some people who seemed to be living there.
Later, when the sun came back, and it
was bright again, and some kids came playing, the atmosphere quickly changed.
The castle has two other parts, on the
left and on the right, which can not be seen on the pics.
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Info and pictures from page Through the summer in Zagorje (and further)