Cetin Castle

Cetin Castle
Cetingrad, Croatia
Cetingrad castle remains
Site information
TypeFortress
Controlled byKing 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)
Conditionruins
Location
Cetin Castle
Site history
Builtunknown
Designations
TypeProtected cultural good
Reference no.Z-276

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. From that moment on, Croatia remained a part of Habsburg Monarchy until the end of World War I.