The popular name of the renaissance urbanistic center inside the former fortress surrounded by ditches in shape of a six-pointed star. Karlovac has later developed in a baroque town with many examples of "folk baroque" that even today give a unique atmosphere to this part of the town.

The streets inside the Star are rectangulary distributed, and after the plague epidemic in 1691 a votive column (Plague pil), with Madonna statue on top of it, was built on the main town square. A well, ornamented with allegorical representations of rivers was built in the Star's (and square's) geometrical center in 1869, on the place of a Baroque fountain.

The church is the oldest building in Karlovac, erected simultaneously with the fortress, while the monastery was built in the 17th century. They are placed on the central square (J. Ban Jelačić square). The whole complex is baroque, and it preserves a rich inventory you can visit free of charge.

It is placed on Strossmayer Square, in the oldest palace of the town, recorded as a possession of town general Vuk Frankopan in the first half of the 17th century. The museum has permanent collection which includes Karlovac heritage from prehistory to the beginning of the 20th century.

It was founded by the quire Zora (first Croatian organized quire) in 1892 and it became the most important cultural institution in the town. From 1987-2001 it was thoroughly renewed.

For further information about the theatre visit www.zorin-dom.hr.

It was founded in 1804 and soon developed into a big cultural and music institution, and the center of the music and cultural life of the town and the region. Today it is housed in August Cesarec Street, near one of the town's ditches, in a building with a neo-renaissance facade.

For further information about the theatre visit www.glazbena-ka.hr.

It is located in a park behind the Town Theatre Zorin Dom. It depicts a historian who has saved a large portion of Croatian historical documents in numerous studies, books and debates. He has also written a monography "Karlovac, History and Geography of the Town and its Surroundings", published on 300th anniversary of Karlovac.

They were planned as an open type botanical garden They were arranged in English and French park style and contain rare trees and plants,. They were named after the Mayer Josip Vrbanić, who founded the in 1886.

It is a symbol of the economical development, and it is placed on the beginning of Josefina road. The building of that road towards Senj started in 1781, during the reign of Joseph II, the same year Karlovac was declared the "free royal town".

In 15th and 16th century the Old Town of Dubovac was owned by dukes of Frankopan and Zrinski, and afterwards passed into the possession of Karlovac generals. A complete view of Karlovac spreads from the town. It is located on a prehistorical hill above the Kupa River, and you can visit an exhibition and belvedere in the top tower.

The church is new and modern building built according to the project of architect Josip Sponer. Every year, on March 19th, the main St. Joseph parish fair is celebrated and pilgrims from all over Croatia gather there. In the 1991 St. Joseph was proclaimed a town's patron by the City Council.

It is located in Turanj, in front of an old Austrian caserne. It contains 18 exhibits of fighting technique and fortification objects used in the Croatian War.

Further information on www.ka-net/muzej

On April l6th 1995 the Žunac Etno Gallery, a folk heritage treasury of this area, was opened. In the house more than 200 years old, which is a worthy exhibit itself, objects once used are stored. Here you can see national costumes, a house altar over 150 years old, hand made old furniture, an old plough, a loom, a millstone, and other old objects.
Mr. Josip Žunac, the gallery's owner, is also a painter who usually works on leather, a very rare art technique. In this technique t he painted the famous Passion of Christ.
The collection that preserves national memory is constantly implemented with new exhibits, and every new visit reveals a part of the history.

The history of the Katzler Pavilion starts in 1897, when the location of the Pavilion was defined by the decision of Royal Army Administration - "on a parcel south from the road near the former Rijeka gate".

Pavilion today remembers it's third century, courtships of Austro-Hungarian officers and Sunday walks on the promenade. It heard many sufferings, sweet love mysteries and hidden political intrigues. It stood there while Seljan brothers wandered around the world, Albert Einstein discovered his Relativity theory, and Wright brothers took their first flight in the airplane. It has survived Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, SHS Kingdom, Independent State of Croatia and all of Yugoslaivas. It has survived a violent relocation by wooden wheelbarrow to the place near Karlovačka Banka, while somewhere in depths of the see sailed Nautilus.

Katzler Pavilion restoration was finished mostly on July 13th 2005, thanks to the Ministry of Culture, Conservation department Karlovac and City of Karlovac. Today it is left in the possession of the Katzler family heirs and Katzler Pavilion Association, and has become florist - exhibit store.

Built by donation of Katarina Frankopan in 1404. Research has discovered the earliest gothic phases of the church and the monastery, which are saved in polygonal sanctuary and the sacristy. On the 600th anniversary of the Pauline monastery a renewed wooden altar was consecrated (it is considered one of the most beautiful altars devoted to Mary) and a new altar with Pauline emblem and ornament parts from the church was made in stone. A big parish fair is held here every year on August 15th, the Assumption Day, and two smaller fairs on May 20th and September 7th.