Poland · 13th century
Opole Castle ranks #5,556 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #207 of the 397 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1217, it is older than 74% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 996 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Opole, 1 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
Opole Castle (Polish Zamek Piastowski) was the former residence of the Dukes of Opole in their residential town of Opole. It stood on the headland of Pascheke Island. Demolished between 1928 and 1931, only the Piast Tower has survived.
Machine-translated from “Piastenschloss (Opole)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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