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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 lLegend of Erazem of Predjama ===
The castle became known as the seat of the knight [[Erazem Lueger]] (or Luegger), lord 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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[[Category:Castles in Inner Carniola]]
[[Category:Cultural monuments of Slovenia]]
[[Category:Municipality of Postojna]]
[[Category:Cave castles]]
[[Category:Renaissance architecture in Slovenia]]