Poland · 13th century
Piast Castle in Chojnów, built in the second half of the 13th century, was completely rebuilt after being burned by the Hussites, in 1546–1548, by Franciszek Parr (Pario), court architect of the Piasts of Legnica and Brzeg. From that time comes the portal with busts of Frederick III and his wife Catherine of Mecklenburg (1518-1581) placed above the door. In the 18th century, after great fires in Chojnów, half the castle was demolished; only the north-western wing did not burn down. Today the building houses the regional museum.
Machine-translated from “Zamek Piastowski w Chojnowie” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piast Castle in Chojnów ranks #8,515 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #366 of the 398 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1275, it is older than 65% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Legnica, 18 km away. It is one of the 80 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Lower Silesia. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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