Tkalec Manor, Baroque manor in Robadje, Croatia.
Tkalec Manor is a late-baroque building with a long porch and a row of arcades on its southeastern side. It stands on the northeastern slope of Kalec hill near Robadje, in the Štrigova municipality of Međimurje County, close to the Slovenian border. Its large cellar holds a wooden wine press from 1858.
The manor was built in the middle 1700s and originally belonged to the Pauline Catholic Order. Its ownership changed when King Joseph II of the Habsburg dynasty dissolved this religious order in 1786.
The manor's owners were vintners: the Pauline order of Štrigova, then the Zichy counts, who held estates in neighbouring Prekmurje. In the large cellar stands a wooden grape press from 1858, and the surrounding Međimurje hills are covered with vineyards.
The manor can be reached through the village of Robadje in northern Croatia, accessed via local roads through the rural region. Plan your visit during daylight hours to fully appreciate the building and its surrounding landscape.
A short distance away, the viewpoint Mađerkin breg offers elevated views across the landscape toward the manor and surrounding vineyards. This higher vantage point reveals how the building fits into the broader agricultural setting that defined its purpose.
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