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Siedlęcin Tower

Poland · 14th century

Founded
c. 1313
Style
Gothic art
Heritage status
immovable monument in Poland
Location
Siedlęcin
Coordinates
50.935°, 15.68559°
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Siedlęcin Tower in Poland
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Description

Siedlęcin Tower (Polish: Wieża książęca w Siedlęcinie) is a 14th-century tower castle situated in the southwestern Polish village of Siedlęcin in the Karkonosze County, in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

The keep in Siedlęcin is one of the best-preserved examples of such buildings in Central Europe; its construction was probably started in 1313 by Henry I of Jawor. He and his wife Agnes of Bohemia also commissioned the medieval Gothic fresco murals depicting the legend of Lancelot that are painted in the great hall of the keep.

Text adapted from “Siedlęcin Tower” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Siedlęcin Tower ranks #3,711 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #133 of the 397 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1313, it is older than 59% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,402 times in the last 60 days, more than 60% of the atlas. 17 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Jelenia Góra, 5 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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