Kaptol manors in Zagreb

Kaptol 1

Kaptol 6

Kaptol 8

Kaptol 28

Kaptol 29, Archdiocesan seminary

Kaptol manors are a series of 25 canonical manors along the Kaptol street in Zagreb that were used for housing canons and other officials of the Archdiocese of Zagreb. Manors had been built from the Middle Ages until the 19th century. Most of those preserved date from the Baroque period (17th and 18th century), while several valuable come from the 19th century. Kaptol manors are designed as a large town houses that are surrounded by gardens. Each has its own history and peculiarities. The most important are those in which prominent canons were living.

List of Kaptol manors by address

• Kaptol 1- built by Canon Peter Puc in late 17th century; facade is from the second half of the 18th century,
• Kaptol 2 - built in 1726,
• Kaptol 3 - built in the 17th century with courtyard arcades; facade is from the 19th century,
• Kaptol 4 - Strezoj manor built in 1627; restored at the turn of the 18th and 19th century,
• Kaptol 5 - Jelušić manor built after 1743; renovated,
• Kaptol 6 - Neo-Gothic manor from the late 19th century that has a facade made of bricks,
• Kaptol 7 - Prepoštija manor or Provost's manor built from 1543 to 1571; undergone several renovations; painted facade dates from the 17th century, while the portal made in 1756 out of black marble is a work of the famous sculptor Francesco Robba,
• Kaptol 8 - Manor of Tomo Kovačević built in 1710 (restored in 1750's); recognizable by bay window,
• Kaptol 9 - Franciscan monastery and church
• Kaptol 10 - Manor Leskovar built from 1695 to 1705; additional floor was added later,
• Kaptol 11 - built in 1751; renovated,
• Kaptol 12 - 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,
• Kaptol 13 - built in 17th century; renovated after 1880 earthquake,
• Kaptol 14 - Bedeković manor built in 1780 has a Baroque facade with pilasters,
• Kaptol 15 - built after 1764; has a large projection on the facade,
• Kaptol 16 - Primary school of Miroslav Krleža,
• Kaptol 17 - building built in 1927; doesn't belong to the Kaptol manors,
• Kaptol 18 - manor of the canon Matija Stoklas was built between 1674 and 1687; characterized by a black-and-white painted facade; one of the Kaptol tower walls is blended into the manor; overlooks the Ribnjak park,
• Kaptol 19
• Kaptol 20
• Kaptol 21
• Kaptol 22
• Kaptol 23
• Kaptol 24
• Kaptol 25
• Kaptol 26
• Kaptol 27 - Lektorija, manor of the lector, Kaptol office manager; 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,
• Kaptol 28 - Znika's manor belonged to the canon Ivan Znika who worked as a curator of the Zagreb Cathedral; built on the site of a wooden house from 1689; renovated in the 18th century,
• Kaptol 29 - Archdiocesan seminary,
• Kaptol 31 - Zagreb Cathedral and the Archbishop's Palace

Literature

• Lelja Dobronić: Zagrebački Kaptol i Gornji grad nekad i danas, Zagreb, 1988. (Lelja Dobronić: Zagreb's Kaptol and Upper Town in the past and today, Zagreb, 1988.)
• Lelja Dobronić: Bishopric and Kaptol Zagreb, Zagreb, 1991. (Lelja Dobronić: Biskupski i kaptolski Zagreb, Zagreb, 1991.)