Poland
40 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre: every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest landmark is also the most famous: Jasna Góra Monastery, ranked #164 of 9,035 worldwide, 2 km west of the city centre. The oldest dated site in the circle is Będzin Castle, founded c. 1050.
Every one of them stands in Poland: the country page shows the full national picture.
2 km west · Fortress · #164 worldwide
The Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland, is a shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary and one of the country's places of pilgrimage.
13 km south-east · Ruin
Olsztyn Castle – castle ruins located in the Olsztyn, Silesian Voivodeship, Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, lying on the Trail of the Eagles' Nests –…
25 km south-east · Ruin
Ostrężnik Castle – a former castle, now in ruin, located near the small settlement of Ostrężnik, south of voivodeship road no.
50 km south-east · Ruin
Ogrodzieniec Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Podzamcze, near Ogrodzieniec, the south-central region of Poland called Polish Jura.
34 km south-east · Castle
The Bobolice Castle is a 14th-century royal castle in the village of Bobolice, in the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland.
54 km south · Castle
The Będzin Castle is a castle in Będzin in southern Poland. The stone castle dates to the 14th century, and is predated by a wooden fortification…
33 km south-east · Ruin
Mirów Castle is a 14th-century castle, now ruined, located in the Mirów village, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
53 km south-east · Castle
Pilica Castle - Neo-Renaissance castle located in Pilica, in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in Poland.
40 km south-east · Ruin
Bąkowiec Castle is a fourteenth-century knight's castle ruins, located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland.
39 km south · Ruin
Castle of Bishops in Siewierz - a castle formally housing castellans who raised the castle in the thirteenth century.
57 km south-east · Ruin
Smoleń Castle is a castle ruin in Smoleń not far from Olkusz in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, on the castle hill in the Smoleń nature reserve.
58 km south-west · Castle
Toszek Castle is a Renaissance styled castle, located in Toszek (23 km away from Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship in Poland.
58 km south · Castle
Sielecki Castle is a castle in the city of Sosnowiec in southern Poland, located in the Sielc district.
59 km south-east · Ruin
Bydlin Castle is a fourteenth-century castle ruins, located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland.
27 km south-east · Ruin
Przewodziszowice Castle - brick fortress ruins, located on the peripheries of the former village of Przewodziszowice, on the Kraków-Częstochowa…
+ 4 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
78 km south-east · Castle
Pieskowa Skała is a limestone cliff in the valley of river Prądnik, Poland, best known for its Renaissance castle.
85 km south-east · Ruin
Tenczyn Castle, also known as Tęczyn Castle, is a medieval castle in the village of Rudno in the Polish Jura, Poland.
93 km south · Palace & château
Pszczyna Castle is a classical-style palace in the town of Pszczyna in southern Poland.
94 km east · Ruin
Chęciny Royal Castle was built in the late 13th century in Chęciny, Poland. It fell into ruin in the 18th century and remains in that state to this…
66 km south-east · Ruin
Rabsztyn Castle is a preserved Gothic ruined castle located in the Polish Jura within the Eagles' Nests Trail, in the village of Rabsztyn, Lesser…
85 km south · Ruin
Lipowiec Castle is a ruin of the Kraków Bishops castle in the Polish Jura, near Babice village in Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in…
90 km south-east · Castle
Korzkiew Castle is a fourteenth-century Romanesque castle located in Korzkiew, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland.
83 km south-east · Castle
Ojców Castle - a castle located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, part of a system of castles known as the Eagle's Nests - formerly protecting the…
66 km south-west · Castle
The so-called Piasts' Castle in Gliwice, southern Poland, dates back to the mid-14th century.
67 km south-west · Ruin
Strzelce Opolskie Castle – a former residence of the Dukes of Opole located in Strzelce Opolskie, Poland.
86 km south · Castle
Oświęcim Castle is a castle raised in the Medieval Ages on the top of a hill, on the right bank of the River Soła in Oświęcim.
83 km south-east · Palace & château
Mirów Castle is a castle located in Książ Wielki which currently housing the Wincenty Witos Institution and an Agricultural School.
+ 9 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q103217.
The Castle Map atlas maps 40 landmarks (15 castles · 1 fortress · 4 palaces & châteaux · 20 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Częstochowa, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Jasna Góra Monastery, a fortress 2 km west of the city centre.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Będzin Castle, founded c. 1050: 54 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Katowice (63 km) · Gliwice (66 km) · Opole (86 km) · Rybnik (92 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
