Podsmreka Castle
Podsmreka Castle (Slovene: Grad Podsmreka, German: Burg Smreck) is a 16th-century manorhouse located in the settlement of Podsmreka pri Višnji Gori, in the municipality of Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia. The manor's name is a compound of the Slovene words pod and smreka, meaning "beneath [the] spruce."
History
Built by the noble Galli family in the late 16th century, the manor has been rebuilt several times by later owners. In the late 19th century it was bought by Ljubljana merchant Fortuna; between the world wars it was the property of the Viennese nobleman Klarwill, who maintained a library and art collection in it.
After the World War II, the manor was nationalized, and came to house the pottery collection of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. In the mid-1970s, a sand pit was opened near the manor; the museum closed soon thereafter. Since then it hs slowly decayed while serving as apartment housing.
The municipality of Ivančna Gorica is trying to have the manor restored as a hotel.
External links
Media related to Podsmreka Castle at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 45°56′59.37″N 14°46′6.18″E / 45.9498250°N 14.7683833°E