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Niemodlin
"Stained-glass windows" made of coloured foil still hang in the cloisters, and in the courtyard you can see monks' cell frames painted on plywood – souvenirs of the film "Jasminum", which Jan Jakub Kolski shot in the then-ruined castle. Ni…
Fortifications
Niemodlin
In the forest near Niemodlin two brick piers with arched openings stand on their own, as if someone forgot the rest of the building. This is the Niemodlin Gate, also called the Black Gate – one of five gates of the former deer park of the…
Churches & monasteries
Niemodlin
When conservators dismantled the Baroque high altar of the church in Niemodlin, Latin epitaphs and painted busts of apostles from the early 14th century appeared on the chancel wall. Among them is a rhyming four-line verse about a metre lo…
Old towns & squares
Niemodlin
The market square in Niemodlin is neither square nor rectangular – it is spindle-shaped, widening in the middle and narrowing at both ends. Its sides are lined with town houses mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries, and a Gothic church a…