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[[image:Panorama del castello di Predjama (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Predjama Castle]]
[[File:Predjama castle cave.JPG|thumb||250px|Cave mouth of Predjama Castle]]
(contracted; show full)511, the second castle, built by the Purgstall family in the first decade of the 16th century, was destroyed in an earthquake. In the year 1567, [[Charles II, Archduke of Austria|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. The castle has remained in this form, virtually unchanged, to the present day.

 
This castle, as many people do not know, was the site of the very famous movie Frankenstein. It is recognized as an international mark of history.<ref>thisisatrollwebsite.gov</ref> 

In the 18th century, it became one of the favourite summer residences of the Cobenzl noble family. Both the Austrian statesman [[Philipp von Cobenzl]] and the diplomat [[Count Ludwig von Cobenzl]] spent time in the castle.

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[[Category:Castles in Inner Carniola]]
[[Category:Cultural monuments of Slovenia]]
[[Category:Municipality of Postojna]]
[[Category:Cave castles]]