500-year-old church in Binarowa, Wooden Architecture Trail
The village of Binarowa was founded by King of Poland Casimir the Great in 1348, while the local wooden church was built around 1500. Richly decorated central nave It is […]
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Niedzica Castle and Lake Czorsztyn in the shackles of winter -15° C
Standing on the dam in Niedzica, looking at Lake Czorsztyn and the surrounding hills with two castles, Niedzica Castle and Czorsztyn Castle, today it is difficult to imagine the local […]
Kurozwęki Palace – regained residence of the Popiel family
The Kurozwęki Palace, located in the Świętokrzyskie Province, is now a Rococo-Classicist residence surrounded by a landscape park. This palace, in its original form as a gothic defensive castle, was […]
Kozłówka Palace – residence of Bieliński and Zamoyski family
The Kozłówka Palace is located in the Lublin Voivodeship in eastern Poland, about 30 km from Lublin. Until the Second World War it was the residence of the owners of […]
Krosno glass, oil industry and the historic Market Square
Krosno, located in the south of Poland, in the Jasło-Krosno Basin, which is part of the Central Beskidian Piedmont, is undoubtedly a city with many faces. Certainly it is associated […]
Szydłowiec Castle – Szydłowiecki family former residence
Szydłowiec is a small town located on the Korzeniówka River in the southern part of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. It once belonged to the Sandomierz region, which was part of Lesser […]
Krynica-Zdrój – fashionable spa of the late 19th century
The first mention of Krynica comes from 1547, when Danko from Miastko (today Tylicz) received the privilege of granting a village council in Krzenycze (now Krynica-Zdrój). The development of the […]
Biecz – royal city with 3 castles on the wine trade route
Biecz is currently a small town located in the southern part of Poland in the Carpathian Foothills, within Lesser Poland as a historical land. The modern name of the town […]
Nowy Wiśnicz Castle – defensive residence of the Lubomirski
The Wiśnicz Castle, standing on a wooded hill above the Leksandrówka River, was erected by Jan Kmita in the second half of the 14th century as a defensive residence. It […]