Zamek Dunajec w Niedzicy, Stowarzyszenie Historyków Sztuki

Niedzica-Zamek, Poland, Poland

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Zamek Dunajec w Niedzicy is a Gothic castle ruin in Niedzica-Zamek, southern Poland's Lesser Poland Voivodeship, perched on a limestone hill overlooking the Dunajec River and Lake Czorsztyn in the Pieniny Mountains.

Erected between 1320-1326 by Hungarian noble Kokos of Brezovica as a border stronghold, it was expanded around 1330 by palatine Wilhelm Drugeth into a stone fortress with a defensive tower, residential buildings, chapel, drawbridge, and earthen ramparts, later passing through families like Berzeviczych, Zapolya—who added a four-story tower in the late 15th century—and Horvath.

Leased to the Giovanelli family in the 17th century amid Kuruc uprisings, it fell into decay by the 18th century before partial 19th-century renovations as a magnate residence, now preserved as a museum with legends of Inca treasures linked to quipu discovered in 1946.