Ormož: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
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Visible prehistoric embankment and ditch systems have been preserved in the Ormož archaeological site area; the area is a cultural monument of local importance. It has been inhabited almost continuously over the past 3,000 years.
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Culture and History
The Church of St Jakob in Ormož contains frescoes dating from around 1400. The northern nave contains Renaissance paintings with scenes from the Old and New Testaments, created after 1632.
Ormož Castle is a 13th-century fortress; its renovated rooms convey its history to visitors. Vuzmetinci – Kapela Matere Božje is a closed chapel dating from the end of the 18th century. It contains a 19th-century Pietà sculpture considered a high-quality example of folk woodcarving.
As a building, Grajska Pristava Ormož combines several economic buildings from different periods beginning in the 18th century. The exhibitions “Od igrače do žare”, “Srednjeveška plastika z ormoškega območja” and “Lonec lončarja hvali” can be seen there. The named attraction Church of St. Jerome is also located in the area surrounding the municipality of Ormož and is recorded as a church.
Nature and Landscape
The Temnar vineyard manor house, dating from the mid-18th century, stands at the highest point of the surrounding hills and overlooks its wine-growing surroundings from an elevation of 235 metres.
The Ormož Basins are a 55-hectare wetland and nature reserve in the Drava ecosystem beside Lake Ormož. Water buffalo live freely in the wild there and graze along the riverbanks.
Mađerkin Breg is a named landscape feature recorded as a summit in the area surrounding the municipality of Ormož. In the wider regional surroundings of the municipality of Ormož are Ravna Gora, Dugi Vrh and Furkov Brdo; each is a named landscape feature recorded as a mountain. The State Archives in Medjimurje is a named object in the area surrounding the municipality of Ormož, recorded as an archive.
Routes and Sightseeing
The St Jacob's Route is a medieval pilgrimage route starting in Ormož and can be travelled by bicycle or on foot. From Ormož, it has two variants, leading either to Ptuj or to Ljutomer.
Visitors can climb the 45.68-metre-high tower of Ormož Castle and see Ormož, the Drava and Prlekija from there. Ormož Castle offers self-guided visits as well as 60-minute guided tours, including a tour with a film.
Local Places
Ormož Market is a meeting place for authentic local flavours on Fridays.
Other local pages: Ormož, Ivanjkovci.
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