Drivenik Castle
The name of Drivenik Castle, one of the nine towns mentioned in the Vinodol Code, indicates that it was originally made of wood. It was only between the 13th and 15th centuries that it was built in stone. The Frankopans used it to defend and control traffic through Vinodol, having received it as a grant from the Croatian-Hungarian King Bela IV for their military merits.
In the first phase of construction, the Frankopans built the southern part of Drivenik Fortress, featuring a round defensive tower and high walls enclosing a quadrangular courtyard. In the second phase, a new outer wall was constructed, reinforced with round towers at the corners and at the entrance on the western side.
Below the fortress stands the Church of St. Stephen from the 15th century, while the parish church of St. Domnius is a Baroque structure, renovated in 1821. The entrance to Drivenik Castle was once accessed via a drawbridge over a dug-out moat. A wooden defense walkway ran along the walls of the castle, allowing access through doors to the corner towers, from which staircases led down into the interior.
Inside the castle, there were residential buildings, storage facilities, cellars, and a water cistern.