This final seminar paper deals with the building history of the Brežice castle. In the first chapter, the building history is chronologically listed from the very first mention of the Brežice city and castle through all the periods until today. The castle's design originates from 16th century - the time of renaissance and works of Italian architects and building masters in the Slovene lands, that is why I firstly described the construction process, its participants, traces of renaissance influences from the Italian architects and the differences that tell their works in Brežice apart from other Slovenian cities. Different military, political and social reasons have heavily impacted the construction process of the castle and resulted in different design depending on its purpose - defence or residence. Castle's renovations continued in 18th century, when count Ignaz Maria Attems took its ownership and began the baroquization. In this chapter, I described his life, the purchase of the estate in Brežice and the renovations done under his auspices. I compared the latter with works he incorporated in his other estates. The last chapter covers the time from 19th century (the end of the reign of Attems family) until today. Here I listed brief descriptions of renovations carried out by Posavje Museum Brežice in second half of the 20th century for the purpose of museum's operation.
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