Bokalce Castle is a castle

Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

 or mansion

Mansion

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 in Ljubljana

Ljubljana

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, the capital of Slovenia

Slovenia

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.

History

The castle stands next to the Ljubljana ring road, next to the stream Gradaščica

Gradašcica

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. As early as the 12th century, the site was occupied by a fortification

Fortification

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 belonging to the noble Eghk family. From 1580 to the first half of the 17th century, the castle was owned by the Diennersberg family; from 1705 to 1809, both it and the surrounding estate belonged to the counts Lamberg.

In that year, Janez Nepomuk Lamberg divided the estate, selling one half to Sigmund Pagliaruzzi. The other half, including the castle itself, remained a Lamberg holding until 1817, when it was sold to Jožef Seunig. In 1899 the estate was reunited. As alien-held property, the provisional government of the Kingdom of SHS declared a sequestration of the estate in 1919, lasting until 1924. After World War II

World War II

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, the castle was nationalized. It is currently rather badly decayed, and serves as an apartment building.