On the charming hill, surrounded by vineyards and orchards ...
The serenity of Kostanjevica inspired also Marie von Egger,
one of the most popular authors of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
KOSTANJEVICA
Škrabčeva ulica 1

Maria von Egger (1851–1929), known under the pen name Paul Maria Lacroma, spent her childhood years in Venice and Osijek. She went to school with school sisters in Gorizia, where she met her husband, attorney Camillo von Egger. She wrote her popular stories and books in German. Her home was at Via Giosuè Carducci 35 / Carduccijeva ulica 35 (previously: Via Signori 13/Gosposka ulica) in Gorizia. In her collection of short stories Bagatele (1892; Trivialities) we read also about the tomb of the Bourbons in the Kostanjevica monastery.

Paul Lacroma: Bagatelen (extract)

In count Mattia della Torre’s time there was a hill, overgrown with trees and truly idyllic, whose charm remains equally unique and poetic today. The high dignitary must have found great joy in the solitude of its salutary tranquillity. He would go there to find refuge from the commotion in his castle at the foot of the hill, and to pray in peace, without distractions.

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