Castle sights in Postojna
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Predjama Castle
Situated in the gaping mouth of a cavern halfway up a 123m cliff just 9km northwest of Postojna, Predjama Castle has one of the most dramatic settings. Although a castle has stood on the site since 1202, the one you see today dates from the 16th century. Then - as now - the four-storey fortress looked unconquerable.
The castle's eight rooms contain little of interest - oil paintings, weapons, a 15th-century pietà - but the castle does have a drawbridge over a raging river, holes in the ceiling of the entrance tower for pouring boiling oil on intruders, a very dank dungeon, a 16th-century chest full of treasure (unearthed in the cellar in 1991), and an eyrie-like hiding pl…
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