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'''Predjama Castle''' ({{lang-sl|Predjamski grad}} or {{lang|sl|''Grad Predjama''}}, {{lang-de|Höhlenburg Lueg}}, {{lang-it|Castel Lueghi}}) is a [[Renaissance]] castle built within a [[cave]] mouth in south-central [[Slovenia]], in the historical region of [[Inner Carniola]]. It is located in the village of [[Predjama]], approximately 11 kilometres from th(contracted; show full)e very edge of the castle, was the one place that was not impregnable. When the moment came, the candle was placed there by the servant. A single cannonball was launched, and Erazem was killed.<ref name="Erazem Predjamski">{{cite web|title=Erazem Predjamski|url=http://skerazem.org/Erazem-Predjamski.html|publisher=SK Erazem|accessdate=18 August 2013}}</ref>

=== After the reconstruction ===
After the siege and destruction of the original castle, its ruins were acquired by the Oberburg 
noble family. In 1511, 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.

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.

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 nationalized by the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav Communist authorities]] and turned into a museum.

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