Zamki w Małopolsce- 107 zamków i obiektów obronnych

The castle was built in the 17th century by Ligęza family. At the end of the 17th  century Michał Kazimierz Lubomirski transformed the castle into the baroque palace. In 1780, the palace was taken over by Stojowscy family, who lived there until 1846. Even then it was devastated, and in the subsequent years,  it was burned and demolished.  The only element that preserved is the entrance gate.
 The Castle in Dabrowa Tarnowska is often confused with a palace due to the preserved gate. Interestingly, the castle used to be located in a different place than the palace itself.

The existence of the castle is certified in the chronicals of 1395r. It functioned simultaneously with the first castle. In fact, it was the royal fortified manor house built on a hill (280m asl). After the destruction of the castle , the Holy Spirit Church was erected and a hospital for the poor. At the end of the 16th  century, the demolition of the castle began.  From the resulting material, the construction, which exists today, has been built (standing a few meters west) and is called “Gród” [a fortified town]

It was probably built in the middle of the 16th  century, on the initiative of Brzeziński family. In the 19th century it was transformed into a court granary which is located in the western part of the palace complex in the center of the town. After a recent fire –  it has been restored. Currently it is privately owned.

Defensive tower or fortalicium, was probably built in the late 14th century. Its remains , mainly tower’s foundations were discovered during the  research works in the Decius palace.

Knight’s castle was probably built by the Toporczyk family in the 14th century. It was destroyed in the seventeenth century. The residential building has survived – currently it is a presbytery.

In the Skrzydlna village there was a medieval fortified manor house of Ratułt dignitaries with brick fortified tower. Information about the manor house is found in documents from 1473. No traces of the castle have been left. Its exact location is not known as well.

In Myślenice there was a Renaissance fortified manor house, built between 1550-1560. It was destroyed in the 18th century. It was demolished after 1773. Until today, no traces of the castle have left.

The castle was built on the hill (after damming up water ruins on the island on Rożnowski Lake). Its foundation is dated back to the period of the late Middle Ages. The castle guarded the route connecting Spisz and Krakow.  It repeatedly changed its owners. Over the years the castle fell into ruin. During the research before creating the lake, the relics of the 1m embankment were discovered at the top of the hill. Most likely it was a castle, however, since there were not any stone elements there could have been a palisade of  the inner wooden tower .

At the foot of the old castle there are ruins of the castle built by Hetman Jan Tarnowski in the Renaissance style in the 1st half of the 16th century. The construction was not completed. The bell-foundry, fragments of curtains, bastion, gatehouse and remnants of the walls have survived. The best name for it is the bulwark or fortification bastion. It can also be added to the group of the castles as for its structure. It is a transitional form. It has for example a gatehouse.

The ruins of the castle can be found on a steep mountain by the Poprad River built at the end of the 13th century. It was extended by Kazimierz Wielki in the 14th  century. It guarded the border and the trade route to Hungary. It was rebuilt in the 15th  century but destroyed in about half of the 17th century. The fragments of stone walls and towers as well as a moat have survived.

Monastery of St. Clare was founded in 1280 by  St. Kinga, located in the center of Stary Sacz on a steep slope on the Poprad River. The defense system of the monastery consisted of defensive walls the cylindrical tower and a gate tower  situated next to the church.

By the road of Nowy Sacz-Krynica the neo-Gothic building can be visible – it is a palace of  Stadnicki family. It was transformed into the palace, the fortified manor house was built between 1580-1590 by Peter Nawojowski. A remnants of the original defense style are over a meter thick walls and vaults made of ashlar.

Jan Bębynek in the monograph of Muszyna says that in Tylicz at the time of Kazimierz Wielki’s reign, there was a castle. This is confirmed by the note in the judicial book of  Muszyna informing about the events of the castle on August 14th  1670.

In this area there was  a Renaissance fortified manor house with a high tower, called by the local people – the castle. Its builder was John Wiernek in 1626. The castle was inhabited until 1818 and demolished in 1822.

In Zbyszyce there is a unique monument of sacred defense construction. It is a fortified church from 15th century. Its walls are 1.5 meters thick. There are slits in the side walls.

Due to the information included in the „Geographical Dictionary of Polish Kingdom” we can assume that at the top of Trzeblin Mountain there were the remains of an old building. Archaeological research carried out in 1968 confirmed the existence of a castle here and other traces of the embankment. Actually, it could have been called a gloomy castle. The discovered embankments  prove that it could have been  such a construction.

On the rocky peak of Babia Mountain at the mouth of the Kamienica River to Dunajec in the place of the castle there are traces of the moat and a stone wall about 3.5m thick. It is believed that this was the residence of the property managers of St. Clare’s monastery.

The ruins of the royal castle  which was built in the 1st half of 14th century  in the place of  the former castle. It was surrounded by a peripheral wall and moats. It was the seat of the royal administrator. Originally, the castle was owned by the church, later, by the royal families. It was demolished at the end of 14th century. The fragments of the foundation have survived.

The castle was built on the flat top of the „Zamczysko” hill. It was built probably in the first half of the 14th century.  No traces of the construction have left.

The research of the area on the banks of the Grajcarek creek in front of the church indicate a possible location of a brick castle in that place. During excavations which were carried out  in 1988 the fragments of dishes and bricks from the 16th -17th century were discovered.

After purchasing a village in 1593 Jerzy Horwath built a fortified manor house. In the course of its extension in the seventeenth century the tower was added. Over the years the manor house fell into ruin and was eventually demolished after World War II. The residential buildings appeared in its place.

The construction of the castle in Falsztyn was taken up in 1535 by Hieronim Łaski. The documents disclose the name-  Falkenstein. The archaeological works which were carried out in 1962 helped to reveal the foundations of two medieval buildings. Destruction, traces of fire and the bones which were found suggest that the castle was destroyed during the fighting.

Castle on the Przemsza River  built by Jan Ligęza. The first mention of the castle dates back 1395. Due to its location, at the end of the Republic and the local trade routes to  Moravia, the castle had a great military and economic  importance.

The castle on the Sola river was built in the 14th  century by Piast princes of Oswiecim in place of the wooden fortress. Between the 15th -17th  centuries it was the seat of the mayors. It burned down in 1503 and was rebuilt in the 16th century.  The castle was destroyed by the Swedes in 17th century. Later on, it was transformed  into a prison. After 1772 it was rented to the army and starosty. In 1805 it was damaged by the Sola river. The fragments of a retaining wall and the buildings of the 19th  century have survived.

Castle in Zator – mainly  a palace, originally a prince castle of the defensive characteristics of 1th century. The seat of the dukes of Zator of the Silesian line of Piast family, later on the  starosty. In 1778 it was purchased by Duninów  and partially rebuilt with an extension of second floor. In 1836 Potocki family partly rebuilt and restored the palace according to the design of Francis Maria Lancia, and the building acquired the characteristics of a mansion in the romantic neo-Gothic style. Between the years 1964-1973 it was completely restored. On the ground floor, there are richly decorated rooms: a hunting room, a golden room, a fern room, an Ivy room. After the process of succession at the beginning of 2013, the castle was regained by the Potocki family.

Fortified manor house was built in 1575 by  the royal secretary Dionysius Brandys. It was rebuilt several times. In the place where the mansion is located there could have been a castle. It was destroyed after World War II and it  has not been rebuilt since then. Since 2002 it has been a property of private owners.

The manor house  dates back the second half of the 16th century  and it was probably constructed in place of a former fortified manor house. It was transformed in 1646 into a Baroque palace. The building was extended in 1773. The fire in 1969 destroyed the construction. It has not been renovated since then and the castle is falling into ruin.

The discovery of the construction of a tower , which was used as a shed, made by the archaeologists in 2001 proves the existence of a fortified tower in this area. The lintel of the front door revealed the date 1552. It was built on an artificial embankment surrounded by a moat, whose outline is visible.

In the  13th century a medieval fortified town appeared here. It was located on a natural steep promontory. Inside the embankments there was a wooden residential and defensive tower. The tower was reinforced by clay face protecting against fire and strengthening its defensive character. After the destruction in the 14th century  the castle and the tower has  not been rebuilt.

Fortified manor house was built by the Jakubowski family  in the 16th century. It repeatedly changed its owners and was rebuilt many times. Currently it  is privately owned.

Zamek zbudowany w widłach Skawy i Stryszawki około 1614r, w miejscu dawnego dworu obronnego Kaspra Suskiego. Wielokrotnie zmieniał właścicieli. Rozbudowany w 1780r. Zachowały się dwa skrzydła z narożnymi niskimi wieżami i arkadowym dziedzińcem, dla których nazywany jest „Małym Wawelem”.

Castle in Sucha Beskidzka

Knight’s castle in Melsztyn

Knight’s castle built in the 1st half of the 14th century  on a hill on the Dunajec river. It repeatedly changed its owners. In the 2nd half of the 16th century it was transformed into a magnate Renaissance residence. The castle resisted the attacks of Swedes in 17th century. It was destroyed during the fighting of the confederates with the tsar’s  troops approx.  in 1772. The fragments of the walls, towers and a moat have survived.

The castle on the Pańska  Mountain was built in the 14th  century. The castle changed its owners several times. The castle stopped performing its residential  functions probably in the seventeenth century. The ruins of the castle are located on the edge of the ridge.

There  was a medieval castle and the manor  house of Zamoyski family. After changing the channel of Stradomka river, the buildings were reconstructed. The total damage was done by the Swedes in 1702. In  the place of the manor house the  palace of Dąmbski family, which exists today, was built. The palace is surrounded by a park.

The first fortified manor house was built here in the 16th century. The manor was destroyed in the early 17th  century. After the reconstruction for the residential purposes, the manor house was used until the mid-twentieth century. Today, after the reconstruction it is used as a presbytery.

The original wooden monastery house was constructed in Tarnow in 1459. Jan Amor built a brick monastery in its place between the years 1468-1499, which was surrounded by a fortified wall. The facility was adjoined to the city walls. The monastery suffered greatly during the Swedish invasion. Later, the monastery building was used by various institutions, and currently serves the administrative institutions.

The castle was built in the middle of 14th century.  It is located on the hill. It was demolished in 1447  on the order of Kazimierz Jagiellończyk. The remains of stone foundations and walls have survived.

The  manor house was built in the 16th century by the owner of Stryszów – Adam Suski. It originally served the typically defensive purpose. The manor repeatedly changed its owners and was rebuilt many times. The renovated mansion is home to a branch of the State Art Collections at Wawel.

The fortified manor house, which exists today and is currently performing the function of the hospital, was built in the 16th century. It was the seat of the Zebrzydowski family. The manor house has three towers. The lower storey houses the key slits.

Zamek zbudowany w XIVw. Przez Kazimierza Wielkiego. Przebudowany przez Zygmunta Augusta w latach 1550-1571. Służył jako myśliwska rezydencja podczas polowań w puszczy niepołomiczkiej, Zniszczony przez Szwedów w XVIIw. Przebudowany przez Austriaków. Restaurowany w XXw. Zachowały się: sala myśliwska, brama, wieża zegarowa oraz arkadowy dziedziniec.