Video probably got recommended to me because i'm slovenian, I was kinda surprised to see the low view count. This is a fantastic effort and presentation, great footage too. Your channel deserves way more subscribers
I really like the "yeah, but here's what his *opponents* said" start of the toilet story, and the "opponents might have made it up" at the end of it. Because historians generally agree that the toilet story was invented by Erazem's opponents for the exact reasons stated in the video. The video is pretty on point. -- Dnevnik (local newspaper and news website) had an extensive write-up on how Erazem didn't actually die on the toilet. However, news outlets seem to be wholly incapable of keeping the articles accessible for more than a year or two ...
It wasn't so, this is an old piece of Habsburg propaganda. Erasmus died fighting, he was killed by a projectile from a handgun. And the toilet shown by guides was built around 100 years after the siege.
@@valentintapata2268 damn, really? I'll have to look into that. Cos everywhere you look, the story with the toilet cannon barrage is being retold. I can't remember if we were told that in school as well, but for were told this story when visiting the castle for sure. History being written by the victors and all that, eh?
@@valentintapata2268 I thought they just rebuilt the toilet later. It is definitely newer than a lot of the rest of the structure. But what we were told on school trips was yeah, got rebuilt.
@@FloofersFX The original castle was a lot smaller and deeper in the cave, there are still some parts from this period. Most of the castle, including the famous toilet, was built long after the siege. Valvasor also wrote about the treason and it is a popular tale, but the siege happened more than 200 years before his reteling. Valvasor's tale is a romanticized version that would be aproved by the Austrian court - and not a true story of political opposition against the Habsburgs.
interesting castle & history but today one of the worst tourist traps in the region with no historical merit in the exibition whatsoever I regretted spending an afternoon there listening to often times blatantly wrong statements in the audioguide
You regret being there or you regret listening audioguide? But why would you listen to audioguide if you already knew everything so extensively that you know the guide, any guide, will be blatantly wrong even before you hear it? You sound Slovenian, why you don't do something to do things right in your country when they are wrong, there is just a million of your people, someone got to do it, otherwise foreigners will come and they will do it
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Video probably got recommended to me because i'm slovenian, I was kinda surprised to see the low view count. This is a fantastic effort and presentation, great footage too. Your channel deserves way more subscribers
I appreciate it!
I really like the "yeah, but here's what his *opponents* said" start of the toilet story, and the "opponents might have made it up" at the end of it.
Because historians generally agree that the toilet story was invented by Erazem's opponents for the exact reasons stated in the video.
The video is pretty on point.
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Dnevnik (local newspaper and news website) had an extensive write-up on how Erazem didn't actually die on the toilet. However, news outlets seem to be wholly incapable of keeping the articles accessible for more than a year or two ...
Hi, from Slovenia. I liket the video, good job
I was there recently. Fascinating castle.
6:00 That's Bohinj valley in the Alps, not Vipava (vee-pah-vah) valley in the Mediterranean region.
Was just there, so really interesting to hear the full story. Thanks for putting this together!
Gorgeous place, awesome video, glad to see it.
I'm liking the style too, great comtent.
Thanks for the feedback!
Fascinating history! Thank You for showing me yet another place i knew nothing about !:-)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Me too!
This was surprisingly good insight, with photos from exact location 👍
I am grom slovenia and almost everyone knows this story
Almost everyone in slovenia
Can confirm
You certainly get lost in the most interesting places, thanks.
Must be so cool to see this place in person!! Cheers 🍻 buddy
Cheers!
"You'll kill your own father in the privy? No. You're my son."
very underrated channel!!!
Nice story and video. Keep it going.
Cool I always see this castle driving by and I’ve always wondered what’s its story
If you drive by often, then you must live near by, because the castle far from any bigger roads.
Fun facte...the castel is in witcher
Funner fact 😁 The castle is in Armour of God, and it is where Jackie Chan has one of his worst stunt injuries, almost killing him.
Was also made as a community map in CSGO at some point ^^
this is good. thanks
The dreams of bats, nice touch
Nice, super interesting
😮😂 SO COOL!!!!!
Its probably a smear story by the habsburg rivals. He probably died on the castle walls
GoT S4E10 for reference.
Thanks for letting us know!
@@MasonObscura Loved the video, thanks for uploading :)
come back mason
☠️🎉🎃 A very american approach to the story...
Guilty as charged
If so .. he was shit out of luck
It wasn't so, this is an old piece of Habsburg propaganda. Erasmus died fighting, he was killed by a projectile from a handgun. And the toilet shown by guides was built around 100 years after the siege.
@@valentintapata2268 : Now, that's interesting! Thank you very much! Really appreciate it 👍
@@valentintapata2268 damn, really? I'll have to look into that. Cos everywhere you look, the story with the toilet cannon barrage is being retold. I can't remember if we were told that in school as well, but for were told this story when visiting the castle for sure.
History being written by the victors and all that, eh?
@@valentintapata2268 I thought they just rebuilt the toilet later. It is definitely newer than a lot of the rest of the structure. But what we were told on school trips was yeah, got rebuilt.
@@FloofersFX The original castle was a lot smaller and deeper in the cave, there are still some parts from this period. Most of the castle, including the famous toilet, was built long after the siege.
Valvasor also wrote about the treason and it is a popular tale, but the siege happened more than 200 years before his reteling. Valvasor's tale is a romanticized version that would be aproved by the Austrian court - and not a true story of political opposition against the Habsburgs.
If i remember correctly, there was just 10-13 defenders in the castle. So not really huge garnison.
Sorry to disappoint you, but that is just a legend.
No it is not it is documeneted
interesting castle & history but today one of the worst tourist traps in the region with no historical merit in the exibition whatsoever
I regretted spending an afternoon there listening to often times blatantly wrong statements in the audioguide
You regret being there or you regret listening audioguide? But why would you listen to audioguide if you already knew everything so extensively that you know the guide, any guide, will be blatantly wrong even before you hear it? You sound Slovenian, why you don't do something to do things right in your country when they are wrong, there is just a million of your people, someone got to do it, otherwise foreigners will come and they will do it