Poland · 12th century
Castle in Ostrów Tumski, Wrocław ranks #5,676 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #214 of the 397 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,358 times in the last 60 days, more than 59% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Świdnica, 49 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.
Castle in Ostrów Tumski, Wrocław – the former residence of the castellans of Wrocław, and later of the Piast dukes of the province, on the western edge of Ostrów Tumski. Of the masonry castle of the 12th and 13th centuries, which arose on the site of a stronghold existing since the 10th century, only the heavily distorted church of St Martin and a few fragments within other buildings or below ground level have survived. The former castle occupied an area on both sides of the present ulica św. Marcina between the Oder, ulica Świętokrzyska and the buildings at ul. św. Marcina 10 and 12.
Machine-translated from “Zamek na Ostrowie Tumskim we Wrocławiu” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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