 | The building is an indispensable part of the town’s silhouette at the edge of the conglomerate promontory, rooted in the town’s defence walls and reflecting centuries of architectural development. Its foundations hide early and late antique walling and defence mechanisms of the fifth and the sixth centuries. The frame of the castle was expanded in width, length and height, from a palladium of the Ortenburg dynasty in the middle of the 13th century to a Renaissance town palace of the Khisl family, after which the building still bears its name (Janž Khisl from Fužine bought the castle in 1578). Subsequent owners were the aristocratic families Mosconi, Ravbar, Apfaltrer, Auersperg and at the end, Natalis Pagliaruzzi. The newest part of the building is the courtyard tract with arcade passageways, made during reconstructions in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many quality architectural elements are preserved in the castle, among which the courtyard and main portal made around 1578 and partially preserved frescos with the motives of veduta (in the green room) particularly stand out. The country mansion (Tomšičeva 42) consists of two buildings connected with an arcade passageway which also used to belong to the castle. More important though is the building at the edge of the promontory with its core is most likely a part of the defence system, maybe even a smaller fortification unit in this part of the town, and which originates in late antiquity. In the archaeological ground floor archaeologists found remains of casting kilns supplementing an antique glazier’s workshop found in the courtyard between the castle and the mansion. Address: Tomšičeva ulica 44, Kranj. The Gorenjska museum has its administrative and working premises in Khislstein castle. |
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