Poland · 14th century
Zamek Golesz w Krajowicach – a medieval castle located in Krajowice, in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, now in the form of a ruin.
The history of Golesz reaches back to the 13th and 14th centuries. At the beginning it had the form of a stronghold; a castle was probably erected on this site after 1420. Over the centuries the building mainly served as the seat of the starosta, who on behalf of the Benedictine abbey in Tyniec administered its estates in the basin of the Wisłoka and the Biała. It also housed a feudal court. It was probably destroyed during the invasion by the Transylvanian troops of Prince George II Rákóczi in 1657.
Machine-translated from “Zamek Golesz” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zamek Golesz w Krajowicach ranks #8,185 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #335 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 Nowy Sącz, 56 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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