{"id":5922,"date":"2026-08-24T23:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/?p=5922"},"modified":"2026-08-25T07:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:42:17","slug":"contestants-discover-a-love-story-at-celje-castle-on-the-eve-of-the-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/?p=5922","title":{"rendered":"Contestants discover a love story at Celje Castle on the eve of the competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;4px|||||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|1rem||1rem|false|true&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>We spent the first afternoon in a relaxed atmosphere. After some free time, the contestants headed to Celje Castle, whose origins date back to the first half of the 12th century. The castle was once home to the Counts of Celje, the most influential noble dynasty in Slovenian history. The contestants also heard the passionate yet tragic love story of Frederick II of Celje and Veronika of Desenice.<\/p>\n<p>The evening was dedicated to the final preparations for tomorrow\u2019s individual competition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>Photo: \u017dan \u010cerni\u010d, Deja Dernov\u0161ek, Nejc Zdouc<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][el_masonry_gallery image_ids=&#8221;5925,5926,5927,5928,5935,5936,5937,5939&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;3&#8243; disable_lazy_loading=&#8221;off&#8221; enable_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; lightbox_effect=&#8221;zoom&#8221; enable_overlay=&#8221;on&#8221; overlay_icon_color=&#8221;#0C71C3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; overlay_icon=&#8221;&#x30;||divi||400&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/el_masonry_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spent the first afternoon in a relaxed atmosphere&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5922"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5940,"href":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5922\/revisions\/5940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memo2026.dmfa.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}