Kaptol manors in Zagreb

Model of the old Kaptol, Zagreb City Museum

The Kaptol manors form a series of 25 manors along the Kaptol Street in Zagreb, Croatia that were used to house canons and other officials of the Archdiocese of Zagreb. The manors were built at various times between the Middle Ages and the 19th century. Most of those preserved date from the Baroque period (17th and 18th century), while those in the best condition are mostly from the 19th century. The manors were designed as large town houses surrounded by gardens. Each has its own history and peculiarities. The most important are those which were inhabited by prominent canons.

List of Kaptol manors by address

Houses in Croatia are usually numbered with ascending odd numbers on the left side and even numbers on the right side, starting from the end of the street close to city center. However, Kaptol Street is numbered clockwise, starting on the south end opposite the Zagreb Cathedral, proceeding on the west side north towards the intersection with Nova Ves, therefrom continuing back south on the east side and ending with the cathedral itself.

Following is the list of manors aligned by house number that also contains brief description of each manor:

House no.	Notes
1	Built by Canon Petar Puc in late 17th century. The façade is from the second half of the 18th century
2	Built in 1726.
3	Built in the 17th century. Has courtyard arcades. The façade dates back to the 19th century.
4	Strezoj Manor. Built in 1627 and restored in the 18th and 19th century.
5	Jelušić Manor. Built sometime after 1743, later renovated.
6	Neo-Gothic manor from the late 19th century. Its façade is made of bricks.
7	Prepoštija Manor (or Provost's manor), built between 1543 and 1571. Has undergone several renovations. The painted façade dates from the 17th century, while the 1756 black marble portal was made by the famous sculptor Francesco Robba.
8	Tomo Kovačević's manor. Built in 1710 (restored in the 1750s). It is recognisable by its bay window.
9	Manor houses Franciscan monastery and Church of St. Francis of Assisi and seat of the Croatian Franciscan Province of Saints Cyril and Methodius. In addition, building that was once part of the Monastery today houses Komedija Municipal Theater.
10	Leskovar Manor, built between 1695 and 1705. An additional floor was later added.
11	Built in 1751, later renovated.
12	The original wooden house was built around 1674, but was later demolished. Today's manor was built in 1860, and was designed by architect Janko Nikola Grahor.
13	Built in 17th century, renovated after the 1880 earthquake.
14	Bedeković Manor. Built in 1780. Has a Baroque façade with pilasters.
15	Built after 1764. It has a large projection on the façade.
16	Manor houses Primary school "Miroslav Krleža". This is the northernmost building on the west side of the street.
17	The building was built in 1927 and doesn't belong to the Kaptol manors.
18	Manor of the canon Matija Stokla. Built between 1674 and 1687. Characterized by a black-and-white painted façade. One of the Kaptol tower walls is blended into the manor. Overlooks the Ribnjak park.
27	Lektorija, manor of the lector, Kaptol office manager. The building was first mentioned in the late 15th century. Today's building probably dates from the 17th century. A wooden gable was added to it in 1802.
28	Znika's Manor belonged to the canon Ivan Znika who worked as a curator of the Zagreb Cathedral. It was built in 1691 on the site of a wooden house from 1689 and renovated by Franjo Tuškan (1844) and Franjo Budicki (1903). From 1942 manor housed the Diocesan Museum of the Archdiocese of Zagreb, and since 1972 home for elderly priests and seminarians. It was heavily damaged in a fire that broke in 2007 caused by the defect on the installations.
29	Archdiocesan seminary.
31	Zagreb Cathedral and the Archbishop's Palace.

Gallery

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  Kaptol 1
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  Kaptol 6
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  Kaptol 8
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  Kaptol 9, Franciscan monastery and Church of St. Francis of Assisi
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  Kaptol 9, Komedija [Comedy] Municipal Theater
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  Kaptol 28
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  Kaptol 29, Archdiocesan seminary