Ludbreg is located in Varazdin County and consists of 13 villages. According to census in 2001. Ludbreg had 8,435 inhabitants. Greatest attraction of the city is a baroque castle Batthyanny, and in it is located workshop of Croatian Conservation Institute. It is actually a renewed castle of Count Batthyány Ludvik from the 18th century. Also worth mentioning is the parish church Presvetog Trojstva, which is the most important building in the city Ludbreg. The church was first mentioned back in 1334th year, and it was built in the Baroque period. From the sacral buildings in Ludbreg is situated a small Baroque chapel of Žalosna Gospa, built in 1765th along the river Bednja. In recent times was built shrine Predragocijene krvi Isusove. The shrine was built to fulfill the ancient covenant from 1739th, and consists of a votive chapel of the Croatian Parliament and the Stations of the Cross, making an exhibition of mosaics of Murano glass outdoors. Ludbreg according to local legend, was co...nsidered the center of the world. It is true that many of the world's cities are in concentric circles whose center is located in Ludbreg. For Ludbreg can be said that it is one of the oldest settlements in Croatia. This small podravina town was founded at the intersection of roads leading from east to west and from north to south, and all the trafficking had to cross over the crossing on the river Bednja. Next to it passed the Illyrians, Celts, the Tatar and Turkish hordes, Banal troops of Ban Jelacic. There had prehistoric Healers prophesied the future, Slavic sages brought their offerings, and Romans enjoyed the beauties of nature. Because of the importance of these pathways, its guidelines were set out in the first millennium BC. The area was settled by the Romans between 6 and 9 year of AD and built a monumental edifice Iovia. Over time it has developed with the settlement, and the population worked for the Roman army. Of four settlements which were then existed, one was the safest, situated on the left bank of Bedanj sheltered by woods, away from roads.