Naselje Kromberk se je v srednjem veku imenovalo Stran, to ime najdemo v listini, s katero je leta 1206 goriški grof Manjhard II. daroval deset kmetij Henriku Dornberškemu. Omenjeni plemič je nato sezidal grad, na istem mestu, kjer stoji sedanji grad. Leta 1609 je Loke in Stran kupil od Dornberžanov Ivan Marija Coronini. Ob nakupu mu je vladar podelil sodno pristojnost I. stopnje in plemiški naslov "von Cronberg". Pozidal je grad, naselje Stran pa je dobilo ime Kromberk.
Grad Kromberk zavzema dominanten položaj nad istoimenskim naseljem, postavljen pa je na nadmorski višini 116 m. V tlorisu je tipična renesančna stavba, sestavljena iz osrednjega poslopja skoraj kvadratnega tlorisa, ki ima na vogalih štiri stolpe. V sedanji obliki je bil grad Kromberk zgrajen v začetku 17. stoletja, po zgledu severnoitalijanske arhitekture 16. stoletja. V obeh svetovnih vojnah je bila gradu povzročena velika materialna škoda, tako da se od nekdanje opreme v njem ni ohranilo skoraj nič. Nekdanji lastnik grof Viljem Coronini - Cronberg iz Gorice, ga je moral obnavljati kar dvakrat - po prvi in po drugi svetovni vojni.
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 In the Middle Ages the settlement of Kromberk was known as Stran. This is the name we find in the deed with which Meinhard II, Count of Gorizia, granted ten farms to Heinrich of Dornberk in 1206. The latter then built a castle on the same site as today's castle. In 1609 Loke and Stran were purchased from the Dornberks by Giovanni Maria Coronini, to whom the emperor then granted judicial power and the noble title "von Cronberg". Coronini built a castle and Stran gained the name Kromberk (Cronberg).
Kromberk Castle occupies a dominant position above the village of the same name. It stands at a height of 116 metres above sea level. Its ground plan is that of a typical Renaissance building, consisting of a main building with an almost square ground plan with a tower at each corner. Kromberk Castle was built in its present form in the early 17th century and was modelled on northern Italian architecture of the sixteenth century. The castle was badly damaged during both world wars, with the result that very few of its original fittings survive. Its former owner Count Guglielmo Coronini-Cronberg of Gorizia had to renovate it twice – after the First World War and after the Second World War.
Today it is the home of the Goriška Museum and contains the museum's main collections.