The north of Croatia looked traditionally to the west - Europe and Austria/Hungary (or was compelled to because of conquests); and the southern areas looked traditionally to the Orthodox in the south, and/or Constantinople because of the Ottoman conquests.
This castle in Verazdin, in the northeast section, north of Zagreb, looks very Austrian. It was built for Sir Walter Leslie - a Hungarian who obtained his barony in the 12th Century, and he is one of the roots of the scottish Clan Leslie. Verazdin; he also had palaces in Slovenia. Verazdin is shown midway down this cite: www.electriscotland.com/webclans/htol/leslie2. for information on Leslie, and Scots connections and the Balkans.
Verazdin has been proposed as a World Heritage Site. See whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/162/. We left in a great rush. See calendars post here.
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