Kostajnica Fortress is a castle in Hrvatska Kostajnica, a town in central

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, near the border to

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. The fortress was built most probably in the 14th century and owned by the members of the noble families

Frankopan The House of Frankopan ( hr, Frankopani, Frankapani, it, Frangipani, hu, Frangepán, la, Frangepanus, Francopanus), was a Croatian noble family, whose members were among the great landowner magnates and high officers of the Kingdom of Croati ...

, Lipovečki, Tot, Benvenjud and finally (in the 16th century)

Zrinski Zrinski () was a Croatian- Hungarian noble family, a cadet branch of the Croatian noble tribe of Šubić, influential during the period in history marked by the Ottoman wars in Europe in the Kingdom of Croatia's union with the Kingdom of Hungar ...

, so it is today also known as "Zrinski fortress" or "Zrinski castle" ( hr, Stari grad Zrinski). It was conquered by the

Ottomans The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922). Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...

on 17 July 1556, but it was freed from their rule relatively fast, in 1688. Situated on the banks of the river Una, the fortress has very strong walls and three towers. Having been in a state of disrepair before, it has been renewed in recent years by the Croatian Ministry of Culture.

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The town of Croatian KostajnicaOfficial tourist information pageAn outline of the archaeological topography of the Kostajnica and Dvor region
Castles in Croatia Buildings and structures in Sisak-Moslavina County Tourist attractions in Sisak-Moslavina County {{Croatia-castle-stub