Bogenšperk Castle and Museum

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A castle with two smaller towers. There is a lot of greenery and trees in the surroundings.

A family with a dog in front of the castle. The castle has a brick-colored roof and a white façade.

A lady at a table with an open book and a quill in her hand. She is dressed in a castle lady’s costume.

Bogenšperk Castle is considered to be one of the most beautiful castles in Slovenia and one of the Slovenian inhabited areas' most important cultural monuments.

It was built in the first half of the 16th century. In 1672 it was purchased by the famous Slovenian polyhistor and scientist Janez Vajkard Valvasor (1641-1693), who wrote his best known work, The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (Slava vojvodine Kranjske, 1689), while living there. Apart from Valvasor's study, printing workshop and Slovenia's main geodetic collection, visitors to the castle's museum can view a collection of mineral rocks and several collections dedicated to superstition, Slovenian national costumes and hunting.