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Kroatien, Koprivnica

Renaissance Festival

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24/08/2017 bis 27/08/2017

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About knight games

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The tournament is a competition of participants (individuals and teams) in one game with the aim of entertainment with sports and competitive background that allows the professional rank and status of the game and its participants.

In the Middle Ages the knight's tournament game consists of competitive military character with the intention of military training for the participants. Most often it comes to fighting blunted spears and swords on foot and horseback riding, and competitions in archery on the prepared target. In the developed Middle Age, tournaments take on a festive atmosphere, and their inevitable observers become women that were sitting on specially designed stands and after the games rewarded the best knights.

Renaissance music

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Renaissance is characterized by greater use of instrumental music. Bass instruments appear. Renaissance in music wasn’t started in Italy, but in Belgium, Flamania, the Netherlands and Northern France. The most famous composers and Burgundian School, mid 15th century were Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois, and Antoine Busnois. In the mid 15th century, composers and singers began to circulate through Europe, come to Rome, with the Pope, to the Emperor, Duke, especially in the north of Italy. Basic forms of sacred music then were: mass, motet, madrigal and laude; secular forms were: chansons (ballads, rondo), canzonettas and later madrigal. Instrumental genres of dance were: bass dans, pavana, an allemande or kurant.

The invention of printing press contributed to the dissemination of music. Franco-Flemish musicians are scattered throughout Europe.The most famous composers: Johannes Ockeghem, Jacob Obrecht, Nicolas Gombert, and Josquin Desprez - probably the most famous composer before Palestrina, who during the 16th century was the best in all forms.

In the mid 16th century came new changes in music, famous composers of this period are Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina and Carlo Gesualdo. Schools appeared, and Venice was particularly well-known.Orchestration develops. Famous composers of Venice were: Gabrielis, Andrea and Giovanni, as well as Claudio Monteverdi - one of the most famous late Renaissance era. In England appeared composers as Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, who wrote church music, were there, and Thomas Morley, John Wilbye and Thomas Weelkes.

In Spain appeared Tomás Luis de Victoria - creating the music, similar to Palestrina. The guitar has emerged as a new instrument, and many wrote music for her. In France created Costeley Guillaume Costeley and Claude Le Jeune.

Like all other arts, music has experienced a rebirth and marked the end of connection with the Middle Ages. Than appears interest in the cultural achievements of antiquity, and striving to antique shows in the revitalized outfit. The novelty is printing of notes - 60 years after Gutenberg's invention of printing press. Renaissance music is characterized by clear and simple forms of expression, and renaissance musical masters that includes Luigi Giovanni Palestrina, Orlando di Lassa and Jacob Gallus - Petelin.

Link between the Middle Ages and Renaissance period makes Gothic.At that time the instrument was increased: the most common instrument vielle (German: Fiedel), the forerunner of today’s stringed instruments. There were a harp, lyre, lute (unchanged to this day), horns, flutes, bells, drums. Organs appeared (then called the queen of instruments), and the clavichord and harpsichord - a precursor of the piano.

Renaissance cookbook

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The history of one city as a enternal inspiration led us to bravely try to conjure with a broader aspect of how people lived six centuries ago in Koprivnica.

Renaissance festival as a original tourist product for the sixth years tends to show all the wealth of history and tradition.

One of the regular participants of Renaissance festival is also an author of book Zlatko Sedlanić. King Louis I. Angevin, who has declared Koprivnica in 1356 as a free royal town, every year with his entourage enjoys in delights of this skilled chef.

Internationally recognized with title of „royal chef“ tries to show visitors of Renaissance festival dishes and groceries that can still be found on our tables.

Reserch and creative approach of the author brought out this impressive gastromic piece of work of twenty dishes that he tries to save from the oblivion.

Renaissance cookbook can buy in Tourist Board of Koprivnica and in gift shop on Zrinski square near the fountain.

Old crafts

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Blacksmith

Blacksmithing is one of the oldest medievalcrafts. In ancient times, blacksmith had a significant role because he made a variety of weapons from various metals (swords,halberds and maces), shoed horses, he made the wheels. We reconstructed that craft in Koprivnica with an entirely differentpurpose - the promotion of our city,making souvenirs and other forging items.

Potter

Potter is very attractive craft that requiresgreat creativity and skill. Skillful potter'shand create items, such as ceramic plates,bowls, dishes, mugs, and of coursesouvenirs.

Making of bread oven

This is genuine old craft that shows themaking of the former bread oven from natural materials. Making bread ovenrequires extensive knowledge and skill,and technique, because the production process consists of several stages, and thematerials used are wooden constructionwith wheels, wicker, mud, etc.

Brandy maker

Very unusual craft which with its own distillation drive captivates visitors attention wherever it appears. It produces unique nettle brandy, plant that Koprivnica owes its name.

Printer

This is unique old craft on Croatian territory where you can see the process of printing various features, views, emblems and logos. Very attractive profession that offers the possibility of making clichés andprinting symbols on the organizers' that wish to engage us.

Making products from natural materials

Traditional old craft of making various wooden souvenirs (propellers, various animals, pictures, roses) and unique and original creation of hats made ​​of leaves.

Musketeers and haramies

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Koprivnica history unit of musketeers and haramies started with its activities in 2006 as a integral part of our historic event Renaissance festival.

Today unit counts twenty members and it is separate section of Association for living history „Anno Domini“.

Members has to satisfy few basic criteria to be part of unit – have to be 2 meters tall, blond and bearded.

In history, particularly in 16th century that they represent, Koprivnica musketeers, and arquebusiers were also professionals (mercenaries), originating from Central european countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Swiss and Italy), but also from France and Spain and on other side haramies were natives of Koprivnica and surrounding area, mostly rural residents that has defended city free of charge.

Musketeers unit characterize unique and extremely attractive colorful renaissance costumes, helmet, rapir sword, musket, rifle, cannon, halberd, powder flask, armor for the torso, drums, black woolen cloak, boots, thongs and collar.

Haramies weren't so elegant but sore residents of Koprivnica, poorly dressed in costume with linen garments covered with woolen white cape, sword, ax, musket, hat with feather.

Virtuos and handsome historical troupe of Koprivnica very often occurs on bigger events throughout Croatia, but also abroad where with their attractive program of shooting from a musket.

RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL – 25th – 28th August 2016

KOPRIVNICA – Koprivnica fortress walls

Historical mega spectacle Renaissance Festival kerning late medieval historical facts and originalityof Koprivnica, Drava and the Croatian cultural heritage values​​of the Western European civilization circle (which is a part of Croatia), which is manifested through numerous upcomingknight, crafts and musical groups from nearly ten European countries. Event is a true example of the development of the European identity of the city and region.

Koprivnica fortress walls, the remnants of what used to be a magnificent, renaissance anti Turkish fortress, represent a silent witness of a time long past.  Are they hiding an interesting secret or a story about a broken love or perhaps about the courage of their protectors and can they give us a picture of how the residents of feudal Koprivnica used to create, make war, celebrate or carry on trade? This will be demonstrated by the Renaissance festival.

This tourist-historical and educational event is the biggest spectacle of live images from the past in this part of Europe, based on historical facts. Most contents will be related to 15th century, particularly with 16th century when the renaissance fortifications were built

Renaissance festival brings together around 1,000 originally costumed participants from country and abroad (Slovenia, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Russia and Poland) whom we can extract some: Koprivnica musketeers and guards, knights, medieval craftsmen, cooks, ladies, serfs, entertainers, fireaters and other. Event begins in 11 am in city center where forms procession of knights and moves to the event location – renaissance walls where “live” hundreds of costumed participants. Huge area of the event is covered by medieval tents, camps, siege tools, towers, and sight is really imposing. Event lasts long in night because many participants stay in their camps, especially impressive in night attack on the city which is lighten up with hundred torches, pokers and possible by moonlight.

Visitors will not only be able to enjoy the staged scenes of medieval life, chivalry, music, dance but also the taste of medieval dishes prepared on the spot by the Royal chef of Podravkas top team as well as Hotel Podravina according to the original recipes from the long gone period when a great deal of groceries (potato, tomato, corn, turkey etc.) was mostly unknown, and will be served in a way common half a millennium ago.

Four-day event last year was visited by 50 thousand people, and thevisitor number is increasing from year to year. Programs last for fourdays and nights with a constant supply of food and drinks.

The great advantage is a large parking area near event and locationalmost in the city center so that you can see the very center of the city.

This year the central theme of the event will be "Equestrian Knight Tournament" which will faithfully enact the Slovak group stuntman / professionals. It is a very attractive project that is seen on the historical spectacles across Europe where armored knights on horseback with long lances show various skills and techniques for handling the same and direct fight toe to toe with spectacular falls. The project will follow a huge infrastructure - two large ceremonial tents for horses; The transport of sandy substrates, insurance, public address system, protection, emergency assistance...

Renaissance Festival will continue with the trend of the ban on using plastic cutlery so that medieval life in four days of maintenance will be more authentic and more identical. It is not an easy task because we have to make tens of thousands of ceramic mugs with the logo of the event that any visitor will use by the catering services at the event and could get for a symbolic price. They will be able to keep the mug or a return it and request a refund. We will also re-establish a commission to visit of the exhibitors and warn them to their deficiencies (adequate lighting, plastic bags, plastic cutlery and drink, appropriate costumes and the like.)

To our events oldest space of the city was neglected and totally ignored (earthen ramparts and buildings Armed). In addition we have to cleaned up the most of the natural vegetation and weeds, we cleaned up and devastated ground armed. How would we have to convincingly portray the period in telling stories, we built a wooden palisade (walls and towers), set a wooden bridge at the site where they were in those days, and also have set up a temporary wooden structures for humans and animals. We staged the attack (day and night) on the fort which attracted and impressed many visitors.

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