Poland · 15th century
Liw Castle (Polish: Zamek w Liwie) - a ruin of a Gothic ducal castle raised in the fifteenth century as a guarding stronghold in the town of Liw. The castle is located in Liw (75 km north-east of Warsaw), Masovian Voivodeship; in Poland.
The castle was raised in the first half of the fifteenth century by Masovian Duke Janusz I of Warsaw, the castle was built to secure the crossing of the river Liwiec. In 1549, Bona Sforza had personally ordered for the expansion of the castle. After the Deluge of the Swedes, all that was left of the castle were stones. In 1792, a manor house was built on top of the cinders, which was destroyed half a century later. After World War II the castle and manor house were both rebuilt and since 1963 they house a museum, with a collection of military items.
Text adapted from “Liw Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Liw Castle ranks #3,839 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #140 of the 397 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1450, it is older than 46% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,916 times in the last 60 days, more than 68% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Warsaw, 67 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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