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The Pauline Monastery in Lepoglava (75) and the church in
Vinagori (70) have notably luxurious interior and exterior
designs.
Picturesque churches with rich interiors can also be found
in other parts of central Croatia. The most beautiful are the
church in Sela, near Sisak (64 & 72), the church in Komin,
near Sv. Ivan Zelina (71) and the church of St. Jeronim in
Štrigova (76), at the extreme northen point of Croatia. The
Holy Trinity Church adorns the municipality of Krašić near
Jastrebarsko, where the Croatian archbishop Alojzije Stepinac
was born. Amongst the churches which are not Roman
Catholic is the beautiful Greek Catholic Cathedral in
Križevci (73).
Understanding the culture of central Croatia would not be
complete without viewing the works of its NAÏVE ARTISTS
who have made it famous around the world. This is primarily
related to the Hlebine school of painting, which holds
the same name as the picturesque village in Podravina near
Koprivnica. There are two galleries there, the Hlebine Gallery
of Naïve Art and the Gallery Generalić (84), which exposes
the paintings and images from the life of the founder
of the school, Ivan Generalić (81).
Through his painting skills, his son, Josip Generalić (80 &
89) also became famous, along with others from Hlebine
and the surrounding Podravina villages, and other naïve
artists from other parts of central Croatia. Many are still active
today, and deal with sculpture (88) as well as painting,
as does one of the few women artists in Podravina, Ljubica
Matulec (82 & 83).
Many famous artists have their own naïve art galleries in the
places of their birth, for example, Ivan Lacković Croata (78)
in the Podravina village Batinske (86), Ivan Rabuzin in the
village Ključ in the Croatian Zagorje, and Matija Skurjeni
from Veternica, in Zaprešić near Zagreb. Most of the major
works of Croatian naïve art are now exhibited in the Museum
of Naïve Art, Zagreb, including famous works by Mijo
Kovačić (79), Ivan Rabuzin (77) and Matija Skurjeni (85).
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