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At the foot of the castle hill in Olsztyn, in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, stands a wooden granary from 1783 — an example of old Polish folk architecture built of larch. The building originally stood in the village of Borowno, among manor farmsteads that have not survived. It was dismantled and moved to its present site, with the reconstruction completed in 2007.
The granary's value is confirmed by its entry in the register of monuments on 4 March 1960. The building survived from the times when the area lived off manor farms and grain was stored in sturdy larch walls resistant to fire and damp. The very move is a curiosity: today the granary presents itself in its original character, a dozen or so kilometres from its birthplace.
The location does the job: the granary stands 300 metres from the ruins of the 13th-century castle, expanded in the 14th century by Casimir the Great as a stronghold of the Silesian–Lesser Poland borderland. Olsztyn lies on the Trail of the Eagles' Nests and regained its town rights in 2022 after a break of more than 150 years — they had been held in 1488–1870.
A restaurant operates in the granary, serving grilled dishes and traditional cuisine, including trout — a specialty of the Upland. The address is Kazimierza Wielkiego 2; opening hours are Mon–Fri 10:00–21:00, weekends 10:00–22:00, with free parking. A visit combines well with climbing the castle hill and a walk among the rocks, with Biakło and Góra Zborów waiting nearby.
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