Negova Castle — Attraction in Gornja Radgona

The castle is renovated from outside and one of the three parts of the building from inside too. Looks really very nice. The inner parts are rebuilt with a rather modern look. It is used for weddings (as most of Solwenian castles) and exhibitions. It is more than surprising that the rooms are almost empty. Well, all of them. The view from the castle...

Peaceful village and peaceful castle. A good stop also with children - especially Apolonija’s herbal garden was really engaging. You can smell or even taste various herbs, all nicely annotated. Despite being under reconstruction, the castle offers interesting exhibitions, such as of international photography, history of the castle,...

Grad Negova, prvič se omenja leta 1425, ima s svojim kompleksom status kulturnega spomenika državnega pomena in je bil v svoji večstoletni zgodovini tarča obleganj, menjal je lastnike ter spreminjal svojo podobo. Dragocena arhitekturna dediščina priča o legendah in sledeh preizkušenj ter ljubezni prednikov. Na območju negovske gospoščine je bilo najdenih več kamnitih sekir in 26 tako imenovanih negovskih čelad s starinskimi napisi iz 4. stoletja pred našim štetjem, od katerih je danes v Sloveniji ohranjena samo ena originalna (v Narodnem muzeju v Ljubljani). V srednjem veku so gospodje na tem območju imeli pravico do sodne oblasti, kar so dokazale najdbe tako imenovanih gorskih pravdarskih obravnav (značilne za slovenske vinorodne dežele) in dela sramotilnega kamna ali prangerja z letnico 1656, ki stoji v neposredni bližini grajskega kompleksa. Grad je sestavljen iz treh delov, a najstarejši še...