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Category: Poland

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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 […]

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Krosno – glass, oil 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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Krasiczyn Castle – Krasicki family’s defensive residence

The history of the Krasiczyn Castle begins with Jakub from Siecień, who in 1525 became the owner of Śliwnica village. He began to transform the already existing defensive court into […]

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Pszczyna Castle – former stronghold of Piast dynasty

Pszczyna, located in Upper Silesia on the edge of the Pszczyna Forest, was probably founded in the second half of the 13th century. There were several theories about the origins […]

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Barbara Berek

Barbara Berek

I am a passionate enthusiast of travel, archeology, photography and dancing :) On this page I try to combine the first three elements: P and show you that travelling becomes definitely more interesting when we discover visited places, and often inconspicuous ruins hide the most fascinating stories :)

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