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Give yourself a few days and explore Slavonski Brod, home to the largest fortress in Croatia and one of the largest European Baroque fortifications. Here you will find out an interesting story about how the Military Border was created on the Sava 300 years ago, a kind of warlike forerunner of what we now call the Schengen border regime. You will also find out that not a single bullet was ever fired from the Fortress itself, except perhaps on some local bastard. You will also meet her protective characters, father and son Trenk (German: von der Trenck): the unbridled commander of the Fortress, Johann, was succeeded by his even more unbridled son, Franjo, one of the most vivid and cruel figures of the European wars of the 18th century…

Clearly, Brod is not all about war monuments and problematic types. You will find spiritual serenity in the beautiful Franciscan monastery, while a walk along the Sava promenade and the city promenade will remind you that the greatest works were written here by the great Ivana Brlić Mažuranić (1874-1938), the first dance steps were made by Mia Čorak Slavenska, one of the world’s greatest ballerina of the 20th century (1916-2002), and the first sculptural forms were conceived by the famous sculptor Branko Ružić (1919-1997). However, the place where the noble side of the two-century military administration in Slavonian Posavina is in the “genetic code” is Nova Gradiška. Today the center of the western part of the County, this town was planned to be built in the middle of the 18th century. Like other similar settlements in Croatia, Nova Gradiška is a real little pearl of meticulous Austrian urbanism in a green Slavonian ambience.