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The castle was erected in the 16th century by members of a Ljubljana burgher family, the Khisls. The construction was initiated by Vid Khisl and completed by his son, Janez Khisl. The construction of Fužine Castle is closely associated with the growing wealth, prestige and political power of its first owners, who expanded the Fužine seigneury through smart purchases, inheritance and land trades. The last castle owner of the Khisl family was Janez’s son Jurij. From the late 16th century to the early 19th century, it changed hands several times.
In 1825, the castle was bought at auction by Fidelis Terpinc, an industrialist, politician and patron, who renovated the building and revived the local economic activity. He erected
a cloth and blanket factory on the banks of the Ljubljanica and turned the mills operating next to it into sawmills and an oil mill. In 1851, he founded a paper factory, the predecessor of today’s Vevče Paper Mill. After Fidelis Terpinc’s death in 1875, the castle was owned by Terpinc’s heirs until 1938, when it was bought by the Joint Paper Mills of Vevče, Goričane and
Medvode, a joint stock company. During World War Two, the castle was used as a residence by the Italian army, which left it in a state of devastation. After 1945, it was converted into a multi-apartment building.
In 1984, the Fužine Castle complex was declared a cultural monument and a monument of designed nature. In 1992, it became the seat of the Architectural Museum, and in 2010, it was declared a national museum and renamed the Museum of Architecture and Design.