In Krapje, the two-day event Building Heritage Days has begun, marking the 31st anniversary of Krapje being declared a heritage village. On the first day of the event, a lecture was held attended by representatives of the county and municipal authorities, institutions, and students.
The lecture was attended by County Prefect Ivan Celjak, Nikolina Srnčević, the head of the Municipality of Jasenovac, Ivana Plavec, director of the Sisačko-Moslavačka County Tourist Board, Domagoj Šejatović, director of the Lončar Park Nature Park, staff from the Lončar Park Nature Park, and students from the Jasenovac Primary School.
The topics of the lecture were the wooden architecture of Krapje and the impact of climate change on the natural heritage of Lončar. The lecture was delivered by Sanja Lončar from the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zag, and Maja Sabljak from the Lončar Nature Park Nature Park.
Prefect Celjak stated that traditional wooden houses are one of the most valuable parts of the heritage. Krapje is the only village in Croatia that has the status of a heritage village, and its uniqueness lies in the more than 80 preserved traditional wooden houses. In the wider area of Lončar, around 600 such objects have been preserved, built mainly from oak, using traditional techniques without the use of nails.
At the lecture, the importance of heritage revitalisation, the restoration of buildings, the return of their function, the preservation of traditional knowledge, and the involvement of the local population in their use were highlighted. Examples of good practice included the projects of the Sisačko-Moslavačka County: the Čigoč Educational and Visitor Centre and the Heritage Centre of the Sisačko-Moslavačka County in Kratečko.
Prefect Celjak stated that he had renovated the Čigoš manor, the presbytery in Kratečko, and built a new road from Brezovica to Svinjica.
