Castle
Pieszyce Castle
🇵🇱 Poland · 16th century
Pieszyce Castle is a historic castle (palace) in Pieszyce, a town in Poland, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in Dzierżoniów County, in the south-western part of the Dzierżoniów Basin, at the foot of the Owl Mountains.
The building was erected around 1550, extended in the years 1615–1617 and considerably enlarged in the years 1710–1730. It is currently private property.
Machine-translated from “Zamek w Pieszycach” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pieszyce Castle ranks #6,215 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #285 of the 360 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 37% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 687 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Pieszyce Castle?
Pieszyce Castle stands in Poland, at 50.71567°, 16.58186°.
When was Pieszyce Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1550. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Pieszyce Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,215 of 7,044 worldwide, and #285 in Poland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Pieszyce Castle?
Grodno Castle, about 13 km away.
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