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Sneznik Castle - Museum (rooms)

Sneznik Castle is located under the mountain Sneznik near the place Kozarisce. The romantic building is the best preserved castle in Notranjska region. The castle is built on a rock at the source of the Brezno Spring and the Obrh. In sources the Sneznik Castle was first mentioned in the year 1268 as the hunting post. The formation of the present castle goes to the year 1462. First owners were the Aquileian Patriarchs and later the owners changed several times. Before the war it was the property of the family Schönburg from the vicinity of Dresden.

Sneznik Castle is a three storey building with a newer stone bridge that leads to the walls and Renaissance walls in front of the entrance. Two arched stone bridge and the outer towers are Romantic additions of the 19th century. In the castle is preserved all the original fittings, mostly from the 19th. You can feel the throb of life from the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. You can feel the throb of life from the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.

Among the living quarters are the most interesting the room with Egyptian furniture, the dining room and a larger hall arranged into a wedding hall. The castle residents also had an improvised theatre hall and a small library. In vestibules and in all the halls you can see the numerous stuffed animals and trophies. You can also see the menu from July in the year 1906, ornamented stoves in many rooms, black dinning room, old mechanism of informing between lords of the castle and servants, Roman tombstone, castle basement, old refrigerator and other interesting things.

Photos

Museum (rooms) - Sneznik Castle - Inside (rooms)

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Sneznik Castle - Inside (rooms)
Museum (rooms) - Canoe

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Canoe
Museum (rooms) - Entrance into castle

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Entrance into castle
Museum (rooms) - Entrance room with stuffed bear

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Entrance room with stuffed bear
Museum (rooms) - Coat-of-arms, armours and fireplace

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Coat-of-arms, armours and fireplace
Museum (rooms) - Wedding hall in Sneznik Castle

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Wedding hall in Sneznik Castle
Museum (rooms) - Dining room on the ground floor

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Dining room on the ground floor
Museum (rooms) - Menu in the Sneznik Castle from 9th July 1906 till 15th July 1906

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Menu in the Sneznik Castle from 9th July 1906 till 15th July 1906
Museum (rooms) - View of the entrance part of Sneznik Castle

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View of the entrance part of Sneznik Castle
Museum (rooms) - Parallel emergency staircase

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Parallel emergency staircase
Museum (rooms) - Rooms are equipped with original furniture

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Rooms are equipped with original furniture
Museum (rooms) - Trophies of the chase

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Trophies of the chase
Museum (rooms) - Ornamented stoves are in many rooms

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Ornamented stoves are in many rooms
Museum (rooms) - Castle furniture

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Castle furniture
Museum (rooms) - Ornamented stove in the room in Sneznik Castle

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Ornamented stove in the room in Sneznik Castle
Museum (rooms) - Castle room

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Castle room
Museum (rooms) - Portraits in Ann's parlour

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Portraits in Ann's parlour
Museum (rooms) - Ann's parlour

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Ann's parlour
Museum (rooms) - Room in Sneznik Castle

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Room in Sneznik Castle
Museum (rooms) - Original furniture in castle's rooms

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Original furniture in castle's rooms
Museum (rooms) - Stuffed animals - boar ...

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Stuffed animals - boar ...
Museum (rooms) - Urilik's bedroom in Sneznik Castle

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Urilik's bedroom in Sneznik Castle
Museum (rooms) - Bathroom's part

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Bathroom's part
Museum (rooms) - Room in the Egyptian style

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Room in the Egyptian style
Museum (rooms) - Black dining room

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Black dining room
Museum (rooms) - Entrance hall with trophies of the chase

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Entrance hall with trophies of the chase
Museum (rooms) - Room for amusement

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Room for amusement
Museum (rooms) - Billiards

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Billiards
Museum (rooms) - Old mechanism of informing between lords of the castle and servants

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Old mechanism of informing between lords of the castle and servants
Museum (rooms) - Roman tombstone and book of guests opinions in the castle

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Roman tombstone and book of guests opinions in the castle
Museum (rooms) - Castle basement in Sneznik Castle

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Castle basement in Sneznik Castle
Museum (rooms) - Old refrigerator

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Old refrigerator

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Data

Municipality: LOŠKA DOLINA (3731 population)

Settlements in the municipality:

Stari trg pri Ložu (814 population), Lož (604), Babno Polje (341), Kozarišče (241), Iga vas (210),

Pudob (209), Markovec (202), Viševek (176), Nadlesk (175), Vrhnika pri Ložu (167), Podcerkev (120), Podgora pri Ložu (113), Dane (103), Šmarata (89), Vrh (43), Podlož (42), Knežja Njiva (29), Babna Polica (20), Klance (14), Dolenje Poljane (11), Sveta Ana pri Ložu (8)