Built by the noble Galli family in the late 16th century,[2] the mansion was rebuilt several times by later owners. In the late 19th century, it was bought by the Ljubljana merchant Fortuna. In 1935, it was purchased by the Viennese nobleman Peter Klarwill (1909–1992),[3] who maintained a library and art collection in it.[4] Karwill, who was of Jewish origin, sold the castle to Anton Verovšek (1917–1947) in 1939 and emigrated to New Zealand.[4]
In 1948, the mansion was sold to the state by Verovšek's impoverished heirs (whose other property and business had been confiscated by the communist regime), and it was converted into a women's prison.[4] Later it housed the pottery collection of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. In the mid-1970s, a gravel pit was opened near the manor; the museum closed soon thereafter. After that, it served as apartment housing.[3] The Municipality of Ivančna Gorica acquired the property in 2014.[2] It is now in ruins.
Gallery
Engraving, 1679
West wing, 2024
Interior, 2024
References
^Among Folk Musicians and Instruments in Slovenia. Slovenski etnografski muzej in Znanstvenoraziskovanlni center, Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti, Inštitut za slovensko narodopisje, Sekcija za glasbeno narodopisje. 1991.
