![]() It is definitely worth to visit as there are not many "cave castles" around the world! There are some nice viewing points of the valley at several terraces located in the castle. ![]() ![]() You get to explore many different rooms, some of them looking more like caves and others like actual livable rooms. It does indeed look magnificent as almost the whole castle is covered by huge rock. Normally castle is open until 17:00 but we were leaving the premises at around 17:15 and no one was pushing us out. It took us around 45 minutes to properly explore the castle. The explanations were helpful, straight to the point and relatively short, so for me that was one of the best audio guide experience. There are no guided tours inside the castle, instead you get an audio guide (included in the ticket price) which was available in many languages (at least 15). Parking was not difficult to find, however we arrived relatively late at around 16:30 (castle was closing at 17:00), so I imagine during the peak hours the situation might be different. We purchased combined ticket (Castle+Caves) for approx. Predjama castle is located approximately 15-minute drive from the highway E61 and 10 minutes from the Postojna Caves, so it is convenient to visit both in the same day. On the southern side stands the elegant Loggia del Consiglio or Gran Guardia, the sixteenth-century building where the city's Major Council met, of which we can appreciate the recent restoration, which took place with the contribution of the Cassa di Risparmio Foundation. Piazza dei Signori is enclosed along the two major sides between two wings of porticoed houses, elegantly enriched by terraces with ancient wrought iron balconies, and then bounded by the Church of S.Clemente and the Palazzo del Capitanio, with the Clock Tower whose portico leads to Corte Capitaniato and the nearby square of the same name, where the Castle of the Carraresi, lords of Padua, once stood and where now there is the Liviano building, seat of the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, with rooms painted by Altichiero. The opening of the square was conceived to give importance to the eastern approach to the tower and palaces, Reggia Carrarese (a complex of buildings built by the Carrares, lords of Padua, within the medieval city walls, as their own residence) that were built. The square was born in the fourteenth century with the demolition of an ancient neighborhood that extended in front of the churchyard of the church of San Clemente, the result of those urban rearrangements promoted by Ubertino Da Carrara. Some still bear medieval and Renaissance decorations. The houses that surround it - of various eras and styles - rise for the most part on arcades of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Piazza dei Signori still maintains its role as a city lounge today, with elegant shops, the traditional market and the beauty of the monuments that crown and complete the scenery. Piazza dei Signori in the morning is a real meeting point for those who want to make a purchase in the many shops or linger among the stalls to browse among the goods on display, but from the afternoon, when the street vendors close their business, the square changes dress, dresses in harmony, leaving free the glimpse of the arcades. There is a lot of charm and magical energy. Piazza dei Signori, one of the most evocative and vital spaces in Treviso, one of the symbolic squares of its history but also of its lively and active present.
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