Ajman Castle, Renaissance castle in Sv. Duh, Slovenia.
Ajman Castle is a structure built in the late 1600s with German Renaissance features, situated near Škofja Loka in Slovenia. The building includes a chapel decorated with painted altar works from the 1700s and currently serves a religious community.
The castle was built in 1679 by the governor of the Škofja Loka region as a residence showing German Renaissance design. Severe fire damage in 1944 prompted restoration work, after which the building was converted to serve a monastic community.
The chapel interior displays religious artwork from the 1700s that reflects the spiritual life people lived within these walls. Visitors walking through can see how devotion shaped the daily rhythm of those who inhabited the castle.
The castle is privately maintained by a religious community and visits require advance arrangement rather than walk-in access. Contact ahead to confirm availability and to better understand what parts of the building are open to visitors.
The castle received its current name from a past owner named Heimann, a detail most visitors discover only during a tour. This connection between name and ownership reveals how personal history shapes a place's identity.
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