… The Hotel Park, Ljubljana.
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 20th 2016
…before we travel to Ljubljana.
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 19th 2016
When I am alone the flowers are really seen; I can pay attention to them. They are felt presences.
May Sarton
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 17th 2016
The annual Erazmus Knight’s Tournament festival at the picturesque Predjamski Castle, near Postojna offers visitors a window into the past in the Middle Ages – in 16th century through jousting and sword fighting competitions. There is a medieval market and other events featuring people in period dress, as well as period food, song and dance.
Knights, swordsmen and archers show their skills on the field of Combat. The ’star’ and the historic character are knight Erasmus who was the famous inhabitant of the castle and his friend Andreas Baumkircher who protected Vienna from the Turks in that time. Throughout the day people are dressed in the costumes of the 16th century.
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 16th 2016
The coat of arms of the Kobenzl family, who enlarged and modernised Predjama Castle in the 16th century. The castle remained in their possession until 1810.
The coat of arms of the Coronini family who were lords of the castle in the first half of the 19th century.
The coat of arms of the Dukes Windischgratz, who owned the castle from 1846 to the end of WWII.
Information from Predjamski Grad (Predjama Castle) by Dr. Ivan Stoper
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 15th 2016
All that remains of the original furnishings is an older masonry altar slab and an altar stone.
On the altar stone sits a priceless treasure, a stone Pieta carved in the characteristic delicate style of the chivalric Gothic period of the second decade of the 15 century, which has unfortunately lost its original polychromatic covering and has been completely cleaned. It was in all probability brought here from a village pilgrimage church consecrated to the Virgin Mary, while a renaissance altar extension from 1645 has disappeared.*
*From Predjamski Grad (Predjama Castle) by Dr. Ivan Stoper
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 14th 2016
