Predjama Castle

The castle was built under a natural rocky arch high in the stone wall to make access to it difficult.

Fleeing the vengeance of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, Erasmus reached the family fortress of Predjama.

In 1567, Archduke Charles of Austria leased the castle to Baron Philipp von Cobenzl, who paid it off after 20 years.

In 1570, the current castle was built in the Renaissance style, pressed next to a vertical cliff under the original medieval fortification.

In 1810, the castle was inherited by Count Michael Coronini von Cronberg, and in 1846 it was sold to the Windischgrätz family, who remained its owners until the end of World War II, when it was confiscated and nationalized by the Yugoslav Communist authorities and turned into a museum.