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Grad Khislstein - Gorenjski muzej

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Castle Khislstein 50% off entrance fee. The Gorenjska Museum was headquartered in Khislstein until 2008, when the owner of the manor, the Municipality of Kranj, began renovations with the help of European funding. A new permanent exhibition, Gorgeous Gorenjska (Prelepa Gorenjska), is shown in the renovated area of the castle, which leads visitors through major milestones of life in the Gorenjska region, from the early Middle Ages to today. The exhibition begins by showing characteristics of the Gorenjska region, and leads to the time of the arrival of the Slovenes. It teaches about life in castles and the hardships faced by the rural population. It shows an image of old Kranj and how people used to travel and transport goods. The exhibition highlights trade and the beginning of the industrial age, which greatly influenced the development of Kranj. The focal point of the exhibition is the 19th century, from which exceptional individuals of the Gorenjska region who greatly contributed to the shaping of Slovenian national consciousness and identity are presented in a sort of shrine. Visitors can also visit a farmer’s sitting room, see a bride’s wedding dress and admire a sophisticated bourgeois salon from Prešeren’s time. The story of the new permanent exhibition also mentions the memory of factory workers’ misery and horror during both world wars. It displays the extraordinary industrial achievements of local enterprises and factories. A special place in the exhibition is reserved for Slovenia’s 10-day war of independence in 1991, in which the Gorenjska region played an important role. The museum’s timeline of events concludes with the entry of Slovenia into the European Union.

50% popusta na vstopnino. Grad, sredi mestnega jedra Kranja, stoji nad prehodom čez Savo, na delu mestnega pomola, kjer je bilo utrdbeno področje od antičnega obdobja do zgodnjega srednjega veka. Tu je stalo obzidje že pred 1500 leti. Zemljišče so leta 1256 dobili v last Ortenburžani in na njem zgradili utrdbo. Po njihovem izumrtju v 15. stoletju je prešla v last Celjskih grofov in po smrti zadnjega Celjana pripadla Habsburžanom. Grajsko poslopje je nastajalo med 15. in 19. stoletjem, današnjo podobo pa je grad dobil v 17. stoletju. Jugovzhodni del gradu je nastal v času turških vpadov. Vpet je bil v mestno obrambno obzidje kot njegov sestavni člen. V jugozahodnem delu je bil v začetku 16. stoletja zgrajen obrambni stolp, h kateremu so kasneje prizidali še bivalno stavbo z dvema nadstropjema. Sredi 16. stoletja je grad kupil podjetnik Janž Khisl s Fužin pri Ljubljani in ga leta 1578 prezidal v plemiški dvorec, ki je po njem dobil ime Khislstein. Kasnejši lastniki gradu so bili med drugim Mosconi, grofi Barbo in Auerspergi. Ob koncu 18. stoletja je grad kupil Natalis Pagliaruzzi in njegovi nasledniki so ga obdržali do leta 1913, ko je postal občinska last. Grad Khislstein krasita dvoriščni in glavni portal, ki sta nastala v drugi polovici 16. stoletja, dvoriščni trakt z arkadnimi hodniki pa je rezultat prezidav v 18. in 19. stoletju. Do leta 2008 je imel v Khislsteinu svoje prostore Gorenjski muzej, nato pa je lastnik gradu, Mestna občina Kranj, s pomočjo evropskih sredstev pričela z obnovo. Grad je bil v uporabo predan decembra leta 2012, v njem je na ogled stalna razstava Prelepa Gorenjska. V gradu deluje tudi specialna knjižnica in pedagoška soba.

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