Mansions and private mansions to visit Northeast

Ten kilometers east of Ptuj. The main building was baroque in 1700. It was commissioned by the Sauer and Attems families. Around 1740, it underwent a second transformation, again in the Baroque style. A formal garden completes this masterpiece. Superb trompe-l'oeil in the main hall. At the time, the park was the largest in Slovenia, stretching over 1.5 km. Today, the manor houses a psychiatric care center.

The manor served as the residence of the Counts of Celje in the 14th and 15th centuries. On the first floor, an exhibition shows the atmosphere of everyday life in the castle through the ages and the arts - classical, baroque, neoclassical, imperial. The focus is on the monumental work of the sculptor Ferdinand Gallo, whose depiction of the Last Supper is highly symptomatic of the beginning of the dominance of Baroque art. Archaeological exhibition room in the basement.