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Hidden gemChurches & monasteries
Grodków
Above the early-Gothic chancel of Grodków's parish church lies a puzzle: when it was raised to the height of the nave in the late Middle Ages, the builders did not take down the old vault but simply built an unfinished upper storey above i…
Landmarks
Grodków
The tower of Grodków town hall survived the fire that destroyed most of the town in 1833, and seven years later a new building was raised around it. Today the late Neoclassical town hall of 1840 stands in the middle of the market square of…
Fortifications
Grodków
Grodków once had four town gates with towers. Two survive, and the Ziębice Gate, on the western side of the former ring of walls, is the one you can still walk through under a Gothic arch. The tower mixes two styles: the lower part is medi…
Palaces
Grodków
A white Gothic Revival palace with corner towers and stepped gables stands in a historic park near Grodków, beside ponds fed by artesian springs. Its owners included a Prussian field marshal rewarded for the wars against Napoleon and a cou…