Poland · 13th century
Bolków Castle is a castle located in Bolków on the Castle Hill (Polish: Wzgórze Zamkowe), with a 396 metres, where the hillside is cut by the Nysa Szalona river, with a sharp precipice (with a sudden drop of 90 metres); the eastern side of the hill gradually lowers, taken up by the town. The castle is an upland stronghold, covering an area of 7600 m2. The castle is located in Bolków (30 km to the north-west of Wałbrzych), Lower Silesian Voivodeship; in Poland.
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Bolków Castle ranks #1,608 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #54 of the 398 mapped in Poland. Founded 1277, it is older than 65% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,957 times in the last 60 days, more than 77% of the atlas. 18 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Wałbrzych, 22 km away. It is one of the 80 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Lower Silesia. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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