Oršić Castle

A monument to Matija Gubec and the Peasants’ Revolt also may be found in the park. Ambroz Matija Gubec was a Croatian peasant and the leader of the Peasants’ Revolt in Croatia and Slovenia, and so has an important place in the history of these two countires. On a hillside overlooking the Stubica valley, where the decisive battle of the Peasant Revolt took place, stands a 6.5 m high statue of Matija Gubec. With two symmetrical wings raising behind it – each 20 m long and 7.5 m high and decorated with bronze reliefs portraying over three hundred characters, the monument on one wing depicts scenes from the Battle of Stubica – people, horses and the clash of the aristocratic army and rebelious peasants, while on the other side there is a panorama depicting life at that time. At the bottom right  there is a life-size figure of Petrica Kerempuh holding a tambourine.
Prior to the Peasants’ Revolt, Gubec worked as a serf on the estate of the infamous Franjo Tahy. On February 9, 1573, he led the peasants into a crucial battle against the nobility near Stubičke Toplice. Unfortunately, the peasants were defeated and Gubec was publicly tortured and executed on February 15^th at St. Mark’s Square in Zagreb. According to the legend, he was crowned with a red-hot iron crown and subsequently quartered. Sculptor Antun Augustinčic was comissioned to create the monument, which was dedicated on the opening day of the Peasants’ Revolt Museum.