Siedlęcin Tower

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.

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Siedlęcin Tower ranks #3,819 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #134 of the 386 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1350, it is older than 58% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 649 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,402 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. 13 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Jelenia Góra, 5 km away. It is one of the 74 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Lower Silesia. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

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