Borl Castle

Borl Castle (German: Ankenstein) is a medieval castle above the banks of the Drava, northeast of the main settlement in Dolane, Slovenia. It probably dates to the 12th century,w ith 15th- and 17th-century additions. Some wall paintings, sculpture, and internal furnishings survive. During the Second World War, between 1941 and 1943, it served as a Gestapo prison. At first the stables and later the main building were used to imprison, interrogate, and torture suspects. In 1956, a memorial room was opened and a commemorative plaque unveiled. It is protected as a cultural monument of national significance.

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Borl Castle ranks #4056 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #23 of the 28 mapped in Eslovenia. Fundado en ca. 1150, más antiguo que el 85% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 303 atlas entries founded in the siglo XII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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