Poland · 14th century
Sochaczew Castle, the Castle of the Dukes of Masovia, is a castle situated in Sochaczew, on the river Bzura. Built in the second half of the 14th century, it was the seat of the Sochaczew castellany, first recorded in 1221. It was the site of the assembly of magnates and dukes in 1377 at which the first written body of laws for the whole of Masovia, the so-called Sochaczew Statutes, was enacted. It was destroyed during the Kościuszko Uprising and partly demolished in the 19th century.
Machine-translated from “Zamek Książąt Mazowieckich w Sochaczewie” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sochaczew Castle ranks #7,398 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #294 of the 398 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1400, it is older than 50% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Płock, 51 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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