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Over the village Predjama, a short distance from the Postojna Cave we find Predjamski Grad. The four zip looks like it was pressed into hundred-meter tall rock.

The original castle was built in the twelfth century. His footprints are visible in some areas castle. In the fifteenth century it had established a legendary highwayman, Baron Erasmus Lűgger. Robbed merchant caravans, and gave the spoils to the poor people. During the war, Austro - Hungarian baron stood on the Hungarian side, which led in 1483 to the siege of the castle by the Austrian army. The siege lasted a year, until the baron's betrayal by the service. Austrian cannonball hit him in the least expected place for the toilet.

By the year of the siege of the castle residents well they did. Underground corridors could quite easily go out for supplies. In the caves beneath the castle was hiding in times of danger or local people with all their belongings.

In 1570, the castle was rebuilt in its present form. Underground passage of time Lűgger was bricked up, because too often thieves steal valuables way.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the re-exploration of the underworld. They began to bring electric lighting. However, the work had to be discontinued because of the war. People returned to them after the Second World War. Reconstructed entrance to the castle from the cave. The corridor was named after Erasmus and made available to the public. Today you can visit the castle and the cave year round.

Under the castle is one of the karst caves - Jama at Predjamskim Gradom. It was carved by the river Lokva, whose catchment area is the Adriatic Sea. This means that between Postojna and Predjama is a watershed that separates the Adriatic and the Black Sea.

This is a scan from negative.