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Castles
Tykocin
Tykocin Castle (pronounced roughly "tih-KO-cheen") stands on the banks of the Narew River in northeastern Poland. It is a modern reconstruction, raised on the foundations of King Sigismund Augustus's 16th-century fortress, which once held…
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Uraz
The main tower of Uraz Castle is shaped like an equilateral triangle with sides of about 23 m – its sharp corners point towards the little town and the Oder, and tradition says that cannonballs were meant to "glance off" such walls. It is…
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Wieluń
All that remains of the royal castle in Wieluń are its Gothic cellars from the 14th century, hidden beneath a classicist building at 2 Kazimierza Wielkiego Square. Today the county office (starostwo) works here, but within these walls peac…
Castles
Wisła
The Presidential Castle in Wisła ("VEES-wah") is a modernist mountain residence built in 1929–1931 as a gift from the people of Silesia to Polish President Ignacy Mościcki. Its towers deliberately echo a medieval castle, while the interior…
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Żary
A few steps from the market square in Żary stands an ensemble where the Gothic castle of the Biberstein family sits next to the Baroque palace of the Promnitz family. Georg Philipp Telemann, who led the court orchestra here, was married in…
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Biała Podlaska
The Radziwiłł Palace and Park Complex in Biała Podlaska (say BYA-wah pod-LAH-skah) is a former magnate residence with star-shaped bastion fortifications in eastern Poland, today a park with a historic gate, towers, a chapel and a museum. T…