Summary
Nada Prkačin: Count Janković
The grave of Count Janković is still in the Papuk Nature Park. Sixteen wooden steps in two rows leaning against the rock lead to it. In the rock is a latticed iron door to the tomb located in an eight-meter-long and three-meter-high cave. In the middle of the cave is a restored red marble sarcophagus with statues of saints, candlesticks and a crucifix. On the sarcophagus there is also a plaque with a bilingual inscription that reads: "Josip pl. Janković of Pribrid and Vućin, Emperor Leopold's associate of the order, Cavalier and royal chamberlain. He was born on January 15, 1780, died on June 21, 1861. Eternal memory." Everything is there, but the count is not there! Namely, after the First World War, the tomb was devastated, the marble sarcophagus was broken, and its bones were scattered. On the spot, you can hear how the ghost of the count has been roaming the villages of Papac since then and will not have peace until his earthly remains are back in the tomb that he himself built during his lifetime. Who was the self-effacing Count Janković? Why did he live alone in the wilderness? What did he leave us as a legacy? The novel about Count Janković provides answers to these and many other questions. And those answers that you may not find, maybe the count himself will whisper to you when you come to his forest, see a waterfall filled with millions of drops of water and clear lakes next to which tourists delighted by the beauty of nature are happy to take photos.
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