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Rytro Castle

🇵🇱 Poland · 15th century

Rytro Castle in Poland
Photo: Piter329c · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The royal castle of Rytro (Polish Zamek w Rytrze) is a castle ruin situated on a 463-metre-high hill in Rytro near Nowy Sącz in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, on the river Poprad in the Beskids range (the Sącz Beskids). It is one of the Dunajec castles, which guarded the medieval trade route from the Kingdom of Poland to Upper Hungary along the Dunajec and the Poprad. The name is of German origin and derives from Ritter (knight).

Machine-translated from “Burg Rytro” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rytro Castle ranks #5,142 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #192 of the 374 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1500, it is older than 45% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 455 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,103 times in the last 60 days, more than 51% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Nowy Sącz, 15 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Rytro Castle?

Rytro Castle stands in Poland, at 49.48902°, 20.68661°.

When was Rytro Castle built?

The atlas dates its founding to c. 1500. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.

How famous is Rytro Castle?

In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,142 of 8,134 worldwide, and #192 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 Rytro Castle?

Nowy Sącz Castle, about 16 km away.

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