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Predjama Castle
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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)ed the commander of the Imperial army Marshall Pappencheim, who had offended the honour of Erazem's deceased friend, Andrej Baumkircher of [[Vipava, Slovenia|Vipava]]. Fleeing from the revenge of the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick III]], Erazem settled in the family fortress of Predjama. He allied himself with the [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungarian]] king [[Matthias Corvinus of Hungary|Matthias Corvinus]] and began to attack Habsburg estates and towns in [[Carniola]].
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A headstrong and rebellious knight, Erazem rebelled against the Austrian emperor Fredrick III and eventually killed his kinsman.   Thus enraged, the Austrian leader commissioned the governor of Trieste, Andrej Ravbar, to capture and kill Erazem. This is when the impregnability of Predjama Castle was tested.

For a year and a day, Erazem was besieged in his fortress. But to the dismay of his adversaries, he continued to survive and taunt the attacking soldiers by pelting them with cherries. They could not understand how he was obtaining supplies. As far as they knew, there was only one way in and out of both the valley and castle; but the Erazem knew better. Unbeknownst to the soldiers, Erazem knew of a secret tunnel leading from the castle, which allowed him to travel to the nearby village of Vipava and collect supplies, including hoards of fresh cherries when in season.

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