Pisece Castle, Pišece, Slovenia

Pišece Castle appeared for the first time in written sources in 1329, and was built to serve the Archbishopric of Salzburg who had estates in the area. The archbishops kept the feudal rights over the castle until 1803, although the castle had been bought in 1595 by the Moscon family. A lawsuit determining the proper ownership of the castle was not concluded until 1637, however; it ruled in the favour of the Moscon family. The family owned the castle until the end of World War II. Reconstruction works have been carried out at the castle in 1568, during the Baroque era and in the 19th century.

Below the park there was a terraced garden and around it a park arranged in English landscape style and containingh numerous trees of foreign origin like sequoias, plane trees, catalpas, honey locusts, and even ginkgos. The park is freely accessible. The castle is being renovated. Visits are possible only by announcement of arrival in advance.

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Franjo Duh (3 years ago)
Poor road markings to the castle.

Lea Zunec (3 years ago)
We had a personal tour with mr. Ivan. Such a nice experiance. The castle is georgeous and the sequoya tree is a nice touch. Perfect.

Michal Zajaczkowski (4 years ago)
Castle looks nice but all closed, some folks were there when we came, said hello closed door and drove away...

Ivana Jaga (4 years ago)
Lijepo. Uredno ali nažalost zatvoreno.

Matej Andjelić (4 years ago)
Zelo lep grad, obnovljen na tradicionalni način z zelo lepo okolico in starimi drevesi.

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