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Historic sites
Szydłowiec
No two headstones are alike in the Jewish cemetery of Szydłowiec. Local stonemasons, working the same sandstone used for the town hall and the parish church, carved candles, lions, deer, birds feeding their young and hands raised in blessi…
Churches & monasteries
Szydłowiec
Four centuries ago someone carved a knight in armour, buildings with pennants and a house topped with a ball into the sandstone blocks of Szydłowiec's parish church. This graffiti from around 1600 is just one reason to walk all the way rou…
Landmarks
Szydłowiec
A white town hall with four corner turrets stands alone in the middle of the Main Market Square and can be seen from several kilometres away. Built of local stone between 1602 and 1629, it is one of the best-preserved late Renaissance town…
Castles
Szydłowiec
Szydłowiec Castle (Zamek Szydłowieckich i Radziwiłłów) is a white Gothic-Renaissance residence of the Szydłowiecki and Radziwiłł families, set on an island among the channels of the Korzeniówka stream. Today it houses the Museum of Folk Mu…