Marijin Dvor Castle in Lužnica

Lužnički odvojak 3, Zaprešić, Lužnica
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Marijin Dvor castle in Lužnica was first mentioned in 1673. The present one-storey, three-winged Baroque castle was constructed at the beginning of the 18th century. The first owners were the Čikulini family. The life of Julio Čikulini, who settled in Lužnica, is an incredible story of success. He got rich as the manager of the Zrinski estate in Primorje, but feuded with the Zrinski family because of that and was banished. After he had moved to Lužnica in 1612, the crafty estate manager soon gathered his fortune again, bought a large portion of the former nobleman's estate of Susedgrad and Stubica, rising to the ranks of high nobility. Family Rauch owned Lužnica from the end of the 18th century. One of the castle's characteristics are cylindrical spheres at the corners, the representative southern front with a central risalit and fine reliefs. Inside there is the chapel with a fine altar. The wooden, carved staircase from 1791 is also interesting, as well as the central hall with in-built Baroque wardrobes. The reconstruction from the 19th century added the Neo-Gothic rectangular staircase. The castle is surrounded with a green park of the English type. Since 1925 the castle in Lužnica hosts the retirement home of the Sisters of St. Vincent. By adding a new object as their living premises in October of 2007, the sisters opened the Spiritual Educational Center Marijin Dvor Lužnica in the renovated castle.