Drzewica Castle

Drzewica Castle is a Gothic-Renaissance castle built between 1527 and 1535 by archbishop of Gniezno Maciej Drzewicki in Drzewica, Poland. The archbishop built the castle on the peripheries of the town, by the river Drzewiczka and encircled the fortress with moats, separated by a bulwark. The building's plan is based on a regular rectangular shape. Its defence systems are based on four square towers located in each corner of the castle. The building burned down in 1814, remaining a well preserved ruin. Thus, the castle did not undergo any later modifications, remaining one of Poland's best preserved residences from the first part of the sixteenth-century.

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Drzewica Castle ranks #5,617 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #216 of the 374 mapped in Poland. Founded 1527, it is older than 43% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. The nearest day-trip guide is Radom, 47 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

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