Strmol Castle

Of the twelve medieval manors in the area of the modern Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Strmol Castle is the only one that has survived intact to the present.

The structure is centered on a towering keep with a late medieval core, taking its present form after renaissance and baroque renovations.

The central keep is surrounded by a low, rectangular renaissance defensive wall, fortified with square corner turrets, which once featured a drawbridge over a moat.

The current arrangement includes an access path, which ascends the slope toward a square walled courtyard behind the castle.

The wall is decorated with baroque female figures and puttos by Angelo PuttaPozzi, originally from the garden of the defunct Zalog (Wartenberg) manor by Moravče, but relocated here in the 1960s along with his Atlas statues at the northern entrance steps.