• Only remains of Virgin Mary Chapel built 1192!
    Forests and parks surround this areaDowntown TopuskoThree cousins!Look closely and you will see the bullet holes which remain. Many of these all over this region.The well that Grandfather Mile built.The land where not so long ago a house stood. The place where dad grew up.Ponikvari is the village where our Teta Vicki's land is still held in Her name.The village of Ponikvari has many of these.Locals fill us in on who's who.

    Topusko

    September 6, 2024 in Croatia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    Dads region. Topusko dates back to Neolithic times. My father Milan was born in a village called Vranovina and the nearest town was Topusko. My sister and I are here to explore the footsteps of our father’s childhood. His old family home destroyed by Serbs in the 1989 war of independence. We have a cousin who is still living here and fills us in on some history. It’s a place of hot springs and lush green landscapes but 25 years after the war some parts still looked ravaged. There are bullet riddled facades on the mere shells of buildings where people once worked, farmed and lived with families. It seems as though time stopped in spaces and the picturesque countryside is only slowly returning to take over the past.Read more