{"id":3749,"date":"2021-01-28T18:48:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T18:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mao.si\/?page_id=3749"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:21:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:21:43","slug":"fuzine-castle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mao.si\/en\/fuzine-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Fu\u017eine Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div id=\"layout-block_5ffeb3ff6d6d9\" class=\"layout\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"bta-container container-fluid mb-0 animate-on-visible\">\n\t<div class=\"bta-row row bg-light\" style=\"color:inherit\">\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 p-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-cover 50vh nomobile bckg-image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/mao.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/KAT1174-scaled.jpg')\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6  p-pgpd align-self-center\">\n\t<h3 class=\"p1\">About the Castle<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">MAO operates from Fu\u017eine Castle on the banks of the Ljubljanica River, withdrawn from the hustle and bustle of the city centre, surrounded by beautiful nature and the castle park. Its charming, quiet location is very popular with passersby and museum visitors alike.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 p-0 mobileonly\" style=\"padding-bottom:0!important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-cover 50vh bckg-image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/mao.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/KAT1174-scaled.jpg')\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"postsOuterContainerEvents\">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"loader-wrap-more\" id=\"loader-wrap-moreEvents\">\n\t<div class=\"end-text-wrap\" id=\"end-text-wrapEvents\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"d-flex justify-content-center mb-5 spinner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spinner-grow text-secondary\" role=\"status\">\n  \t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Loading\u2026<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"loadMorePosts\" id=\"loadMorePostsEvents\"><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n<div id=\"layout-block_5ffff0efa2fe8\" class=\"layout\">\n\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"bta-container container-fluid mb-0 animate-on-visible\">\n\t<div class=\"bta-row row bg-mao-orange\" style=\"color:inherit\">\n\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"col-12 p-pgpd pb-0 \">\n\t\t\t<h3>History of Fu\u017eine Castle<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 p-pgpd pt-0 pb-3 pb-lg-pgpd pr-lg-pgpd-hw\">\n\t\t<p>The Fu\u017eine Castle was erected between 1528 and 1557 by members of a Ljubljana burgher family, the Khisls. The construction was launched by Vid Khisl and finished by his son, Janez Khisl.<\/p>\n<p>The rise of the Fu\u017eine Castle is closely associated with the growth of wealth, prestige and political power of its first owners, who expanded the Fu\u017eine seigneury through smart purchases, inheritance and land trades. The last castle owner from the Khisl family was Janez&#8217;s son Jurij. From the late 16<sup>th<\/sup> century to the early 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, it changed hands several times.<\/p>\n<p>In 1825, the castle was bought at auction by Fidelis Terpinc, an industrialist, politician and patron, who renovated the building and revived the local economy activity. He erected a cloth and blanket factory on the banks of the Ljubljanica, and turned the mills operating next to it into sawmills and an oil mill. In 1851, he founded a paper factory, the predecessor of today&#8217;s Vev\u010de Paper Mill. After Fidelis Terpinc&#8217;s death in 1875, the castle was owned by Terpinc&#8217;s heirs until 1938, when it was bought by the Joint Paper Mills of Vev\u010de, Gori\u010dane and Medvode, a joint stock company. During World War Two, the castle was used as a residence by the Italian army, which left it in a state of devastation. After 1945, it was converted into a multi-apartment building.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 p-pgpd pt-0 pl-lg-pgpd-hw\">\n\t\t<p>In 1984, the Fu\u017eine castle complex was declared a cultural monument and a monument of designed nature. In 1992, it became the seat of the Architectural Museum Ljubljana, which in 2010 was declared a national museum and renamed the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Architectural history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Fu\u017eine Castle is a typical example of Renaissance architecture in Slovenia. It is a single storey building with four wings and corner towers, of which three are square and the fourth\u00a0 round, and an inner courtyard with a water well. It is partly a fortress with preserved loopholes and partly a residence with typical big windows on the upper floor and Renaissance double mullions in the east and west wings. The only fa\u00e7ade decorations are typical Renaissance projecting eaves cornices. The castle entrance, accessed via a bridge across the water moat (drained in the mid-18<sup>th<\/sup> century), is marked with a turret supported by a double console and decorated with a double eaves cornice.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<!-- buttons -->\n\t\n\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large full-width-img mb-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mao.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MAO-grad-fuzine-slider-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mao.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MAO-grad-fuzine-slider-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mao.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MAO-grad-fuzine-slider-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mao.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MAO-grad-fuzine-slider-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mao.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MAO-grad-fuzine-slider-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mao.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MAO-grad-fuzine-slider-1-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/mao.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MAO-grad-fuzine-slider-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"layout-block_5ffff4902426f\" class=\"layout\">\n\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"bta-container container-fluid mb-0 animate-on-visible\">\n\t<div class=\"bta-row row bg-light\" style=\"color:inherit\">\n\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"col-12 p-pgpd pb-0 \">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 p-pgpd pt-0 pb-3 pb-lg-pgpd pr-lg-pgpd-hw\">\n\t\t<p><strong>The chapel and its wall paintings <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A protestant family, the Khisls arranged a chapel in the upper storey of the north wing, in which 16<sup>th<\/sup> century Renaissance murals are now preserved. On the east wall there is a mural depicting the adoration of the magi. The north or the altar wall is decorated with the scenes of the adoration of the shepherds and the circumcision. The west wall shows the scenes of prayer on the Mount of Olives and the last supper.<\/p>\n<p>The chapel&#8217;s wooden coffered ceiling is decorated with the scene of the four evangelists surrounding an oval blank field. Running around the perimeter of this field is the inscription <em>Tota pulchra est a]mica [mea, et macu]la non est in te cant <\/em>\u00a0(You are altogether beautiful,\u00a0my darling; there is no flaw\u00a0in you. \u2013 Song of Solomon, 4:7), showing that the centre field contained a painting of Mary Immaculate. The use of Marian iconography suggests that the painting was made after 1583, after the protestant family had leased out the castle.<\/p>\n<p>The castle walls were once entirely covered in paintings. The preserved fragments of paintings reveal that they were made by different artists who are presumed to have come from Italy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arcade courtyard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Around 1600, an arcade was added alongside the northern wing of the castle&#8217;s courtyard, to replace the original, presumably wooden galleries. Today, arcades run along the courtyard&#8217;s northern and eastern walls, but there used to be one along the western wall, too. During the renovation in the early 1990s, the rectangular piers that supported the ceiling along the entire north wing upper-level corridor were replaced with arcades. On the castle&#8217;s upper level, both side wings are decorated with four Renaissance mullioned windows each. On the western wing there are visible remains of three such windows, while the fourth was covered in 1895, when a cylindrical staired tower was added in the north-western corner of the courtyard. A spiralling staircase leads to the upper level; at the top of the stairs there is a wrought-iron crown bearing an initial B, which was supposedly relocated from the castle well in the courtyard.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 p-pgpd pt-0 pl-lg-pgpd-hw\">\n\t\t<p><strong>Power plant \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Part of the Renaissance Fu\u017eine Castle complex, the power plant on the Ljubljanica river, was the first alternating current hydroelectric plant in Slovenia. It was built between 1896 and 1897 to serve the Vev\u010de Paper Mill. The famous cascades of the Ljubljanica were dammed, old mills next to the castle pulled down, and the main power plant building with two turbines was erected along the castle&#8217;s south wing. The exterior of the cubic structure, which was built over water, was designed in a classicist style with pilaster strips and segmented window apertures. Between the two world wars, an additional power plant building was erected on the opposite bank of the Ljubljanica. The power plant is still functioning and is owned and operated by Vev\u010de Paper Mill.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Castle park<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p>In the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, Fidelis Terpinc, who owned the castle at the time, had the green areas on the north, northeast and east side of the castle arranged as a park. Plane, cypress and carob trees were planted along with other exotic trees and shrubs. A small fishpond was also installed. Until the beginning of World War Two, there were also an empire style monument bearing the inscription <em>Fidelis Terpinz, Josepine Terpinz 1875<\/em>, and a stylised garden pavilion standing in the park.<\/p>\n<p>During the renovation in the early 1990s, the park was enclosed by a low wall running the entire width of the castle&#8217;s north side; on one side a metal fence interspersed with massive pilasters (the fence previously surrounded the army barracks in Be\u017eigrad) was added to it, while on the other three sides it is flanked by a hedgerow.<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with its original 19<sup>th<\/sup> century layout, the park is divided by two straight paths, one running in line with the axis of the castle entrance and the other intersecting it perpendicularly. Their intersection is designed as a circle. The types of trees planted in the four symmetrical fields are different. This type of park layout is typical of the so-called late landscape garden style of the second half of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<!-- buttons -->\n\t\n\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- FULL WIDTH SLIDER -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<!-- FULL WIDTH SLIDER -->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"layout-block_5ffffc2c83b6d\" class=\"layout\">\n\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"bta-container container-fluid mb-0 animate-on-visible\">\n\t<div class=\"bta-row row bg-white\" style=\"color:inherit\">\n\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"col-12 p-pgpd pb-0 \">\n\t\t\t<h3>Venue Rentals<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 p-pgpd pt-0 pb-3 pb-lg-pgpd pr-lg-pgpd-hw\">\n\t\t<p>The museum halls, castle park, and courtyard offer a stunning historic setting for a wide range of events. Whether you&#8217;re throwing a business meeting, reception, promotional event, conference, wedding party, or any other social or business event, the Fu\u017eine Castle can accommodate up to 800 guests. We offer the rental of rooms, the courtyard, and the park, as well as other services.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 p-pgpd pt-0 pl-lg-pgpd-hw\">\n\t\t<p>Castle guests can enjoy a free parking lot, wireless internet in all rooms, and all infrastructure and services needed to carry out the event. Your event at the Fu\u017eine Castle can include a viewing or quick guided tour of our current exhibitions; alternatively, why not choose your promotional gifts among the many products by recognized Slovenian designers found in our shop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Info:<\/p>\n<p>najemi@mao.si<\/p>\n<p>+386 (0)1 548 42 89<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<!-- buttons -->\n\t\n\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":32,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mao.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mao.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mao.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mao.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mao.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3749"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/mao.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33859,"href":"https:\/\/mao.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3749\/revisions\/33859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mao.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}