Besides having owned Ptuj Castle for nearly two centuries, the Counts Leslie also possessed nearby Ristovec Manor, which most probably served as a hunting manor. Still built in the front façade above the central arch of the arcade is their beautifully preserved coat of arms. The escutcheon is held by a pair of griffins, and the ribbon above it displays the Leslies’ motto: GRIP FAST. Ristovec Manor remained in the Leslies’ possession until 1820, when the widow of the last count Anton sold it to Mihael Okorn.

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Jakič, Ivan: Vsi slovenski gradovi. Ljubljana: DZS, 1999, p. 288.
Stopar, Ivan: Grajske stavbe v vzhodni Sloveniji. Območje Maribora in Ptuja (vol. 1). Ljubljana 1990, p. 121.