Ruin
Smoleń Castle
🇵🇱 Poland
Smoleń Castle (Polish: Zamek w Smoleniu) is a castle ruin in Smoleń not far from Olkusz in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, on the castle hill in the Smoleń nature reserve. The castle is one of the Eagles' Nests castles, which in the 14th century secured the border between the Kingdom of Poland and the Holy Roman Empire. Today it lies in the Silesian Voivodeship, but historically belongs to Lesser Poland.
Machine-translated from “Burg Smoleń” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smoleń Castle ranks #3,872 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #137 of the 374 mapped in Poland. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,948 times in the last 60 days, more than 66% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kraków, 46 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Smoleń Castle?
Smoleń Castle stands in Poland, at 50.4386°, 19.675°.
How famous is Smoleń Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,872 of 8,134 worldwide, and #137 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 Smoleń Castle?
Pilica Castle, about 4 km away.
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