Mirów Castle (Książ Wielki)

Mirów Castle is a castle located in Książ Wielki which currently housing the Wincenty Witos Institution and an Agricultural School. There is a museum in the castle. The castle is located in Książ Wielki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship; in Poland.

The castle was the residence of the House of Myszkowski. It was designed and built in between 1585-1595 by Santi Gucci, by an order of the Bishop of Kraków Piotr Myszkowski. During the first quarter of the eighteenth century, the castle went into the hands of the Wielkopolski family, and was reconstructed in a Baroque style.

The castle is part of a tourist trail and program called the Trail of the Renaissance in Lesser Poland (Szlak Renesansu w Małopolsce, Polish), made by the Association of Justus Ludwik Decjusz.

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Mirów Castle (Książ Wielki) ranks #4472 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #159 of the 217 mapped in Polonia. Fundado en 1585, más antiguo que el 39% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 495 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XVI. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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