Several centuries ago the Leslie Clan from Scotland bought the Ptuj Castle and married into the local aristocracy. The castle remains the most well known castle in Slovenia. The red horse and rider in the courtyard reminds that the Scots wore red and rode red horses.
Many of the 17th Century paintings in Ptuj Castle feature the Leslie family. Others are of Turkish overlords/ladies as the Turks occupied Slovenia on their way to Vienna. Churches remained as churches though and were not converted to mosques.
Several centuries ago the Leslie Clan from Scotland bought the Ptuj Castle and married into the local aristocracy. The castle remains the most well known castle in Slovenia. The red horse and rider in the courtyard reminds that the Scots wore red and rode red horses.
Many of the 17th Century paintings in Ptuj Castle feature the Leslie family. Others are of Turkish overlords/ladies as the Turks occupied Slovenia on their way to Vienna. Churches remained as churches though and were not converted to mosques. 
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