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Western facade of the castle
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South-western tower
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Baroque window frames in the floor of eastern wing, where segmentally
formed foreheads interchange with triangular one
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Baroque entrance portal
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On the north side an inner ward is added to the castle, composed of two
individual units, divided by defence wall; view eastern part of inner ward where once auxiliary outbuildings were located
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Some keyshaped arrow-loops can be found in the eastern wall of inner ward
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From the plane a path is leading between the outer defence wall and defence wall of a pen towards
the castle core
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Path is finished just at the entrance to the castle stables, which is from the east leaning
on the central building
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Inside of castle stable which was added to eastern wing
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Baroque entrance portal leads us through the staircase to the hall
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Attems' coat-of-arms is embedded on the forehead of the portal
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Marble heraldic plates were embedded in the wall at the sides in the hall
with coat-of-arms of Ivan Krištof Tattenbach, combined with coat-of-arms of his wife Judita Resch
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Cistern
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In the west corners of the courtyard half (two parts of quarter) of Baroque well ring are standing
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Internal facade of the most eminent southern wing and is the only one vaulted in the ground floor
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Star-ceiling in the ground floor of south-eastern tower
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Dented ceiling in the room above the stable
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Stove (kitchen-range) in the room, which was probably the kitchen in the ground floor
of southern wing at south-eastern tower
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Stove on the other side of the room
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Some outpouring opening in the wall
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Through the portal from the hall in south wing special underground sellar is accessible
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Staircase
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Basement continues into a south-western tower
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Placed wooden beams as a sub-construction for turning cannons in defence tower
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Outpouring opening the the room
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Portal which connects kitchen through a steep passage in the floor with the room in
south-eastern tower; room is also accesible through passage at the end of the stable
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Staircase with middle landing, once decorated with Baroque balustrade fence which connects
floors in the southern wing
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In floored hall of southern wing a ceiling is dented like in a lot of other places on
the castle
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Hall ceiling with stucco
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Baroque stucco ornaments on the ceiling of one of more eminent rooms
in the floor of south wing
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Ceiling in the floor of south-eastern wing
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Demolished Baroque Venetian-type altar in a chapel in the floor
of northern wing
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Big room in the second floor of south wing, which was once painted with frescos
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Part of the northern wall which collapsed in the spring of 1979 but was rebuild by local
residents
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Room in the second floor of northern wing with demolished stove
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Corridor in second floor of north wing
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Attic
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Roof of south-western tower
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11x3 axial, two-storeys high Baroque castle granary on the way to the castle
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Vaulted basement
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View of Podčetrtek town
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Ignacij Flurer, Landscape with Podčetrtek castle (detail), first half
18th century, on display in Posavski muzej Brežice
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Podčetrtek castle on copper engraving from Vischer's Topographia
of Styria, around 1681
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C. Reichert, Podčetrtek castle, colored lithography,
around 1860
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Podčetrtek castle from east, photo from time before the war,
archive ZVNKD Celje
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Heraldic plate of with coat-of-arms of Tattenbachs and Reschs
(was embedded in the eastern hall)
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