Grad Snežnik — Attraction in Loška Dolina

Since my last visit some years ago little has changed, ok there is now a cafe, but don't ask them for a nice ice-coffee because they don't have a clue how to make one. My biggest disappointment is that there is hardly any signs there where is what. Most disturbing is the lack of signs for the parking place. Someone even drove the car straight in front of the entrance of the castle, robbing every visitor of making a nice picture of the majestic castle entrance. I don't know who could be so inconsiderate to place his dirty old car just in front of it while there were signs not to drive in that alley and there were enough places between the trees further down where there should be signage for parking space. Because of its distant location from other places, to get there and see a pearl of history so neglected for so many years it hurts and makes you think that nobody in the near vicinity cares about their cultural and...

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Grad Snežnik je edinstven muzej bivalne kulture 19. stoletja in je eden redkih gradov v Sloveniji, ki se ponaša z originalno opremo. Z njim upravlja Narodni muzej Slovenije.

Urnik ogledov: od 1. aprila do 30. septembra: VSAK DAN od 10. do 18. ure, na vsako polno uro od 1. oktobra do 31. marca: VSAK DAN, razen ob ponedeljkih, od 10. do 16. ure, na vsako polno uro.

Nastanek gradu Snežnik sega v čas oglejskih patriarhov, prvih znanih lastnikov med 10. in 11. stoletjem. Zgrajen je bil na skalni vzpetini ob vznožju snežniških gozdov, z namenom zavarovanja pomembne trgovske poti, ki je nekoč povezovala Kranjsko z Istro in Kvarnerjem. V redko ohranjenih listinah se ime Snežnik prvič pojavi v letu 1269 v povezavi s takratnimi oskrbniki gradu, gospodi Snežniškimi. Skozi stoletja sta se z menjavanjem lastnikov spreminjala tudi njegova notranjost in zunanja podoba. Renesančni izgled je grad dobil v 16. stoletju, današnjo podobo pa so z dozidavami dopolnili zadnji lastniki, saški knezi v drugi polovici 19. stoletja. Knežja družina Schönburg-Waldenburg je grad s posestvom kupila na dražbi ter ga med leti 1860-64 temeljito prenovila. Nekdanja renesančna podoba je tako pridobila romantični pridih 19. stoletja. Notranji prostori so bili tedaj preurejeni in razkošno opremljeni z vsem udobjem, ki ga je narekoval takratni čas za potrebe podeželskega lovskega dvorca. Sočasno s temi deli so bila zgrajena tudi gospodarska poslopja grajske pristave in urejena okolica po zgledu angleških parkov. Grad po obsežni triletni obnovi znova sije v vsej svoji lepoti in priča o bogati zgodovini ter življenju nekdanjih prebivalcev. V notranjosti je možno videti originalno opremljene dnevne salone, spalnice družinskih članov, spalnice za goste, dve jedilnici, gledališko sobo, večerni salon, grajsko knjižnico, prostore za služinčad, grajsko klet in egipčansko sobo, ki šteje za posebnost med ambienti. Poleg pohištva, likovnih del, knjig, lončenih peči, svetil, preprog, številnih uporabnih in okrasnih predmetov, se v gradu nahaja tudi lepa zbirka lovskih trofej iz obdobja zadnjih lastnikov. Poleg muzejske dejavnosti se v gradu odvijajo tudi kulturni dogodki in civilni...

This is such a nice little castle. Beautiful on the outside and very well taken care of on the inside. I had somewhat of a private tour since I was the only one and the girl great. Her English was great and she knew so much about the castle. Any question I had about the castle or one of the items…all answered in a split second. It was a great tour! Thank you so much (took the tour on monday 10th of July 2023 at 13.00…don’t remember her name anymore, but if you read this: you...