3. BJELOVAR
A small town situated 80 km east of Zagreb, near Bilogora
mountain
It has a population of about 45 000 people
It is a cultural, administrative and business centre of the
Bilogora region
4. BJELOVAR
Bjelovar was first mentioned
in 1420 as a market town
On the map by Stjepan
Glavač (1673.) the town was
called Belovac.
In 1756, the construction of
a military settlement started,
which gradually got features
of an artisan and merchant
town.
Bjelovar was granted the
status of a free royal town in
1874.
5. BJELOVAR’S BUILDINGS
The main square is a successfully
conceived urban whole, typical for
Military-Border towns.
It features the baroque cathedral St.
Theresa, built from 1765 to 1772,
with school in the former Piarist
college buildings on both sides.
The church has four stone altars from
1889.
The Orthodox church of the Holy
Spirit was built in 1795.
6. BJELOVAR’S BUILDINGS
The main square also
comprises the army barracks
“Preradović” with a series of
arcades on the ground floor.
The classicist-style library
building was built in the 19th
century and the grammar
school building was finished in
1901
The “Sokolski Dom” was
finished in 1912
7. BJELOVAR’S BUILDINGS
The Town Museum keeps
archaeological and ethnographic
holdings, as well as a number of
exhibits from cultural history.
The museum gallery displays the
works by contemporary painters
and sculptors related to Bjelovar.
8. INTERESTING EVENTS IN
BJELOVAR AND BILOGORA
DokuArt film festival
Terezijana (Celebration of
coming the queen Theresa to
town Bjelovar in 18th
century). It is cultural and
touristic spectacle in July.
9. Europski tjedan (European
week)
Udaraljški festival
(International Percussion
Ensemble Week)
