Predjama Castle
A mere 10km (6 1/4 miles) from Postojna, the medieval Predjamski grad is dramatically situated on a 123m (403-ft.) cliff carved into the rock face. Legend has it that this was the hide-out of Slovenia's very own Robin Hood, named Erazem, who was more likely a rebellious thieving baron. Erazem incurred the intense hatred of the governor of Trieste, who laid siege to the castle, before cannonballing it and killing Erazem in 1484. Predjama remains a spectacular sight, perched defiantly against its rocky backdrop -- very much the stuff that medieval fantasies are made of. Although the castle's curators have given the interiors a whitewashed museum feel, it's worth getting a ticket to explore inside, if only for the exhilarating views from its stone windows and balconies. Today, reliving the pomp and ceremony of the past is the annual Erazem's Medieval Tournament, with jousting scenes and costumes straight out of A Knight's Tale; the event happens in August.
A mere 10km (6 1/4 miles) from Postojna, the medieval Predjamski grad is dramatically situated on a 123m (403-ft.) cliff carved into the rock face. Legend has it that this was the hide-out of Slovenia's very own Robin Hood, named Erazem, who was more likely a rebellious thieving baron. Erazem incurred the intense hatred of the governor of Trieste, who laid siege to the castle, before cannonballing it and killing Erazem in 1484. Predjama remains a spectacular sight, perched defiantly against its rocky backdrop -- very much the stuff that medieval fantasies are made of. Although the castle's curators have given the interiors a whitewashed museum feel, it's worth getting a ticket to explore inside, if only for the exhilarating views from its stone windows and balconies. Today, reliving the pomp and ceremony of the past is the annual Erazem's Medieval Tournament, with jousting scenes and costumes straight out of A Knight's Tale; the event happens in August.
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