Castle
Olsztyn Castle
🇵🇱 Poland · 13th century
Olsztyn Castle (Polish: Zamek w Olsztynie) – castle ruins located in the Olsztyn, Silesian Voivodeship, Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, lying on the Trail of the Eagles' Nests – formerly protecting the southern border of the Kingdom of Poland. The ruins of the 14th-century castle are one of the biggest attractions of the area.
Text adapted from “Olsztyn Castle (Silesian Voivodeship)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Olsztyn Castle ranks #2,630 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #80 of the 163 mapped in Poland. Founded 1201, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 356 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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