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Melsztyn Castle

Poland · 14th century

Melsztyn Castle in Poland
Photo: Krystian1968 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Melsztyn Castle ranks #5,172 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #190 of the 397 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1400, it is older than 50% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,951 times in the last 60 days, more than 69% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Nowy Sącz, 28 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

Melsztyn Castle – the ruins of a castle on the Zamczysko hill above the Dunajec in the village of Melsztyn, in Gmina Zakliczyn, Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

Machine-translated from “Zamek w Melsztynie” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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