Castles in Poland
Baranów Sandomierski The Baranów Sandomerski Castle is a Mannerist castle located in the town of Baranów Sandomierski in the south-eastern Poland. The castle is commonly known as the "little Wawel". |
Bobolice The Bobolice Castle – a royal castle built by King Casimir III the Great in the middle of the 14th century. The castle was a part of the defence system of royal strongholds protecting the western border of Poland on the side of Silesia. |
Bolków Above the Bolków town stand the ruins of a Castle built in the 13th century. Devastated in the Thirty Years' War Bolkow Castle is among the oldest and most interesting fortified buildings in Poland. |
Chojnik This Silesian Piasts' fortress was erected in 1292 by Bolko I the Strict. Chojnik Castle is a castle located above the town of Sobieszów, today part of Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland. |
Czocha The defensive castle, built in the middle of 13th century, is located on the Lake Leśnia, near the Kwisa river (southwestern Poland). |
Golub-Dobrzyń The castle in Golub-Dobrzyń was built in the beginning of the 14th century as a defensive fortress. Erected on a hill overlooking the town, the castle belongs to the most interesting edifices of Europe. |
Gniew Gniew Castle is the mightiest stronghold of the Teutonic order on the left bank of the Vistula River. |
Grodno Grodno Castle is situated on the peak of Choina in the northern part of the Sowie Mountains. The castle dates back to 1198. As a result of later armed conflicts it was destroyed several times and fell into ruin. |
Grodziec This medieval fortress is located on a basalt, volcanic hill at 389m. In 16th century it was one of the most beautiful Silesian Gothic-Renaissance residences. |
Gryf The Gryf Castle was built on a steep basaltic hill by the Kwisa River. It was one of the largest castle in the Izerskie Highlands. It was the part of the defensive system of the Kwisa District. |
Kliczków Kliczków Castle, near Bolesławiec, Lower Silesia A border fortress at the river Kwisa was founded in 1297 by the Duke Bolko I. |
Kórnik Kórnik Castle was constructed in the 14th century. The current neogothic design and remodeling was done by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel for Tytus Działyński and the son Jan Kanty Działyński. |
Krzyżtopór
Krzyżtopór is a castle located in the village of Ujazd, in southern Poland. It was originally built in the 17th century. The castle was partially destroyed during the Swedish invasion. |
Książ Książ Castle, Lower Silesia. It was build in 1288-1292 by Bolko I the Strict. It is the third biggest castle in Poland and the most beautiful one. |
Piast Castle in Legnica It is one of the oldest polish castles. It was erected at the beginning of 13th century by Prince Henryk Brodaty (Henry the Bearded). |
Malbork The 13th century castle of the Teutonic Knights. It is the biggest castle in Poland, the largest brick building in Europe, and the largest castle in the world by its surface area. |
Moszna The Moszna Castle is a historic castle in a small village of Moszna, near Opole. This gigantic castle has 365 rooms and 99 turrets - both small and large. |
Niedzica Niedzica Castle also known as Dunajec Castle is located in the southernmost part of Poland in Niedzica. It was erected between the years 1320 and 1326. |
Ogrodzieniec The ruins of the medieval castle built in the 14th-15th century. It is situated on the Castle Mountain - the highest hill of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, on the trail of the Eagles' Nests. |
Pieskowa Skała Pieskowa Skała Castle (Lesser Poland) The castle was built by King Kazimierz Wielki in the first half of the 14th century as the part of the chain of fortresses called "Eagels' Nests" (Orle Gniazda). |
Rawa Mazowiecka The Rawa Castle was built by King Kazimierz Wielki, in order to protect southern part of Mazovia. After the destruction of 1657, the complex was not rebuilt, and by the early 18th century, it was a ruin. |
Royal Castle, Warsaw The Royal Castle in Warsaw is a castle residency and was the official residence of the Polish monarchs. It is located in the Castle Square, at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town. |
Rydzyna Rydzyna castle, "the gem of Polish baroque" is located between the historic town of Rydzyna and a 12-hectare park. The castle in Rydzyna was built at the beginning of 15th. |
Sucha Beskidzka Sucha Beskidzka is a historic town in Western Beskids in southern Poland south east of Kraków. Renaissance castle (16th century), named Little Wawel after the royal palace in Kraków. |
Szydłowiec Szydłowiec castle, one of the most beautiful Renaissance residences in Poland. The castle was built in the 15th century on an artificial island surrounded by a wide moat. |
Tuczno Tuczno Castle, dating back to the 13th century, is very nicely and picturesquely nestled in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. |
Wawel Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow The royal residence, the second biggest castle in Poland, erected in Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance styles. |
Wojanów The palace-park complex Wojanów is a historical palace and park complex that after a scrupulous renovation has been restored to the Jelenia Góra Basin landscape. |