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Nowy Wiśnicz Castle

🇵🇱 Poland · 16th century

Nowy Wiśnicz Castle in Poland
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Nowy Wiśnicz Castle – a castle located on a forested hill by the River Leksandrówka in the village of Stary Wiśnicz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship; in Poland. The castle was raised by Jan Kmita in the second half of the fourteenth century. The castle was built in the Baroque architectural style with Renaissance elements. The castle was built on the plan of the quadrilateral with the inner courtyard. The castle has four towers, with one in each corner. The castle is surrounded by bastion fortifications and the main gate from the early 17th century.

Text adapted from “Wiśnicz Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nowy Wiśnicz Castle ranks #3,293 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #136 of the 163 mapped in Poland. Founded 1600, it is older than 35% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 307 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

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