Metlika Castle

During the Ottoman incursions in the 15th and 16th century, it was owned by the Counts of Alap, and it played a key role in defense against the Turks.

It survived World War II intact and was afterward nationalized without compensation and converted into the headquarters of the Museum of White Carniola (Slovene: Belokranjski muzej), established in 1951,[1] and became home to some of its permanent collections.

Metlika Castle also features the Gangl Gallery for temporary exhibitions, which is part of Museum of White Carniola.

[2] The three-story building encloses a central courtyard, surrounded on two sides by an arcaded corridor.

The castle has a pentagonal layout, punctuated with two defensive towers, and is built atop a rocky promontory above Obrh Creek.