Cetin Castle | |
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Cetingrad, Croatia | |
Type | Fortress |
Site information | |
Controlled by | King of Hungary (before 1387) Frankopan family (1387~1408) Zrinski family (1408~1413) Frankopan family (1387~1408) Counts of Okić (1429~1439) Frankopan family (1449-1536) Ottoman Empire(1536~1559) Habsburg Empire(1559~1584) -deserted (1584-1646) Ottoman Empire(1646~1790) Habsburg Empire(1790~1809) French Empire(1809~1815) Austrian Empire(1815~1866)[1] |
Condition | ruins |
Site history | |
Built | unknown |
Type | Protected cultural good |
Reference no. | Z-276[2] |
The fortress of Cetin is situated 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Cetingrad above the village of Podcetin, in Croatia. The castle and its immediate surrounding represent a monument of great value for Croatian national history because on this place in 1527 Croatian nobility elected Ferdinand I Habsburg a king of Croatia.[3] From that moment on, Croatia remained a part of Habsburg Monarchy until the end of World War I.