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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 the town of [[Postojna]] and 9 kilometres from [[Postojna Cave]].<ref name="Predjamski grad">{{cite web|title=Predjamski grad|url=http://www.postojnska-jama.eu/en/other-sites/predjama-castle/|publisher=Postonjska jama|accessdate=18 August 2013}}</ref>

==History of the castle==
[[File:Das Schloss Prediama in Crein XII Stund.jpg|thumbnail|left|1816 [[lithography]] of the castle by [[Karl Friedrich Schinkel]]]]
The castle was first mentioned in the year 1274 with the [[German language|German]] name Luegg, when the [[Patriarch of Aquileia]] built the castle in [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style. The castle was built under a natural rocky arch high in the stone wall to make access to it difficult. It was later acquired and expanded by the Luegg noble family, also known as the Knights of Adelsberg (the German name of [[Postojna]]).

=== The legend of Erazem of Predjama ===
The castle became known as the seat of Kthe knight [[Erazem Lueger]] (or Luegger), ownerlord of the castle in the 15th century and a renowned [[robber baron]].   He was the son of the Imperial Governor of [[Trieste]], Nikolaj Lueger.  ⏎
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According to legend, Erazem came into conflict with the [[Habsburg]] establishment,s when he killed 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 revengeance of the [[Holy Roman Emperor]], [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick III]], Erazem settlreached in the family fortress of Predjama. H From there, he allied himself with the [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungarian]] kKing [[Matthias Corvinus of Hungary|Matthias Corvinus]] and began to attack Habsburg estates and towns in [[Carniola]].   The Austrian leadeemperor commissioned the governor of Trieste, Andrej Ravbar, towith the capture andor killing of Erazem.

For a year and a day, Erazem was besieged in his fortress.   He continued to survive and taunted the attacking soldiers by pelting them with cherries.:  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.

[[File:Predjama Castle cave.jpg|thumb||250px|Cave of Predjama Castle]]
A servantThe besiegers bribed one of Erazem's was bribedservants to reveal when his master was in attendance at the outhouse. Tprivy; the toilet, situated on the top floor and at the 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 killedservant placed a candle at the window, and, with a single cannonball, the besieging army killed Erazem.<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 ===
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[[Category:Castles in Inner Carniola]]
[[Category:Cultural monuments of Slovenia]]
[[Category:Municipality of Postojna]]
[[Category:Cave castles]]
[[Category:Renaissance architecture in Slovenia]]