Castle Predjama,
the last window on the left: is the site of meditation
Erasmus Lueger
projectile struck the launching catapult,
the reconstruction of a catapult in the bottom center of the photo.
the last window on the left: is the site of meditation
Erasmus Lueger
projectile struck the launching catapult,
the reconstruction of a catapult in the bottom center of the photo.
After visiting the caves Skocjan and dined at a nearby restaurant (the restaurant prices in Slovenia are small), we continued to visit the castle or Predjama Lueger Castle (Grad Preddjama in Slovenian). Spectacular
the glance of the castle that appears after a curve on the road nine kilometers from Postojna. sunken castle materializes in a gigantic cave,
behind a wall peak of 123 meters, the only one castle in a cave in the world . The origins of the castle date from the thirteenth century, it is a building on several floors of different ages, the castle is known to have belonged to Erasmus Lueger, a local squire devoted to banditry, ennobled in 1478 by Grand Duke Friedrich III of Augsburg for the services rendered by Erasmus. Later, during a conflict between Augsburg and the king of Hungary, Erasmus sided for the Hungarians. relations with Frederick III broke for the knight Erasmus Lueger killed a marshal of the court of Augsburg, after the crime Erasmo dug
in his den and began to plunder the caravans of merchants doing so enraged the emperor of Austria, the Austrian troops besieged the fort during the winter and spring of 1484, but was mocked by the besieged, when after long months of siege, from the castle, which now must be on its last legs, they began instead to rain on besiegers quarters of beef roast, vegetables of various kinds and even baskets of fresh cherries. In the bowels of the mountain, behind the fortress, a development of karst caves linked to the river Vipava, allows men to sneak out of Erasmus and make food supplies in the surrounding countryside. all ended with the betrayal of a servant of Erasmus, the knight was use to perform their bodily functions at night and while he was seated on the throne concentrated in time of need, the traitor signals the presence of Erasmus in the Cabinet,
a stone thrown by a ball Erasmo catapult struck in the head killing him instantly. Knight-robber, was buried near the castle, near a late-Gothic church of the fifteenth century *, according to legend, his beloved had planted a linden tree on the grave that even today, huge, protects remains of Erasmus. unforgettable tour of the chateau e delle grotte, nel castello è visibile una pietà del 1420,
interessanti le varie sale che mostrano come si viveva in un castello nel medioevo,
a unique tour of an extraordinary site, unique in the world
the glance of the castle that appears after a curve on the road nine kilometers from Postojna. sunken castle materializes in a gigantic cave,
behind a wall peak of 123 meters, the only one castle in a cave in the world . The origins of the castle date from the thirteenth century, it is a building on several floors of different ages, the castle is known to have belonged to Erasmus Lueger, a local squire devoted to banditry, ennobled in 1478 by Grand Duke Friedrich III of Augsburg for the services rendered by Erasmus. Later, during a conflict between Augsburg and the king of Hungary, Erasmus sided for the Hungarians. relations with Frederick III broke for the knight Erasmus Lueger killed a marshal of the court of Augsburg, after the crime Erasmo dug
in his den and began to plunder the caravans of merchants doing so enraged the emperor of Austria, the Austrian troops besieged the fort during the winter and spring of 1484, but was mocked by the besieged, when after long months of siege, from the castle, which now must be on its last legs, they began instead to rain on besiegers quarters of beef roast, vegetables of various kinds and even baskets of fresh cherries. In the bowels of the mountain, behind the fortress, a development of karst caves linked to the river Vipava, allows men to sneak out of Erasmus and make food supplies in the surrounding countryside. all ended with the betrayal of a servant of Erasmus, the knight was use to perform their bodily functions at night and while he was seated on the throne concentrated in time of need, the traitor signals the presence of Erasmus in the Cabinet,
the door at the end is the throne room where Erasmo died
right of the door to catapult balls of stone
right of the door to catapult balls of stone
a stone thrown by a ball Erasmo catapult struck in the head killing him instantly. Knight-robber, was buried near the castle, near a late-Gothic church of the fifteenth century *, according to legend, his beloved had planted a linden tree on the grave that even today, huge, protects remains of Erasmus. unforgettable tour of the chateau e delle grotte, nel castello è visibile una pietà del 1420,
interessanti le varie sale che mostrano come si viveva in un castello nel medioevo,
la sala da pranzo
il cappellano
letto
letto
a unique tour of an extraordinary site, unique in the world