Ljubljana Grad, AKA The Castle

The Ljubljana castle is perched on top of a hill that is surrounded on one half by the old town. From old town there is a funicular (cable car?) railway that saves you the 10 or 15 minute walk up the hill.
This is looking from the top down.


The castle complex houses a history museum, restaurant, chapel, event space, art galleries, and the watchtower. This is the view from the watchtower of the castle courtyard.


Here I am on the viewpoint promenade. Behind me is some of old town. It's a bit too hazy to see but there are actually giant snow covered mountains in the distance.


One of the interior art installations (giant ants crawling out of the walls of the cellar).



The castle is a fascinating mixture of crumbling and cobbled together stones with modern straight lines cutting through wherever it is needed, especially in the lower levels.


The dragon in the symbol for Ljubljana because of the story of Jason and the Argonauts who encountered a dragon that lived in the swamps where Ljubjana was built. So you see representations of dragons everywhere, like this one at the entrance to the castle.

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