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Zamek w Ojcowie
Ojców, Poland, Poland
Zamek w Ojcowie is a medieval castle ruin in Ojców village, southern Poland, within Ojcowski National Park and part of the historic Eagles' Nests Trail fortifications.
Built by King Casimir the Great between 1354 and 1370 to protect Kraków trade routes from Bohemia and serve as a royal starosty seat, it features an octagonal tower, gatehouse, and remnants of defensive walls atop a rocky outcrop near limestone cliffs.
Used through the Jagiellonian era and renovated in the 17th century by the Koryciński family despite Swedish damage during the Deluge, it fell into decay after 1795, with partial dismantling in 1829 leaving its picturesque Gothic ruins as a popular tourist site today.
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32-047 Ojców, Poland
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