The beginnings of the fortified stronghold on the territory of present-day Grudziadz go back to the 10th century. It was firs ...
The Bochnia Salt Mine is one of the oldest salt mines in the world and the oldest one in Poland. The mine was established bet ...
The ruins of Czorsztyn Castle stands at the top of the hill nearby Dunajec. According to Jan Długosz, in 1246 the owner of t ...
Sobibor was an extermination camp built and operated by Nazi Germany as part of Operation Reinhard. It was located in the for ...
Smoleñ Castle was built in the Gothic style in the mid-14th century probably by Otto of Pilczy to the site of earlier wooden ...
The first wooden Morag castle was built around 1280 by Teutonic Knights. It was rebuilt as a brick castle between 1331 and 13 ...
Casimir III the Great erected a castle in Ko³o – most likely prior to the founding of the city – as part of an overall e ...
Bąkowiec Castle in Morsko dates back to the 14th century. At the beginning of the 16th century it was owned by the famil ...
The ancient Pieniny castle was built on northern slope of a steep hill. The complex was small, due to lack of space, but plac ...
The Płaszów was a Nazi German labour and concentration camp built by the SS soon after the German invasion of Poland and th ...
Papowo Biskupie Castle was completed in the 14th century. It changed hands several times in Wars between Poland and Teutonic ...
The origins of the castle in Lipowiec, which for centuries belonged to the bishopric of Krakow, go back to the 13th century. ...
Originally built by King Kazimierz to protect the money-making mining centre of nearby Olkusz, Rabsztyn actually consists of ...
The Teutonic castle risen above the river in Pisz was named in turn Johannisburg. The first privilege regarding a settlement ...
Between 1350 and 1360 Ortolf von Trier, a knight of the Teutonic Order and the Komtur of Elbląg, founded a fort in Galindia, ...
During the Middle Ages, an Old Prussian fort called Malcekuke was located near the current site of Pieniężno. The Teutonic ...
Teutonic Castle Ruins from the 14th century with the high tower (56 m high) has been survived to the nowadays in Brodnica. Th ...
The history of the Iłża town dates back to the Middle Ages, when it was a Western Slavic gord. Since the 12th century, unti ...
The city of Gizycko (Ger. Lötzen) was founded as a village surrounding the Teutonic Order"s castle, built around 13 ...
The Tropsztyn Castle was probably built in the early 13th century by the Ośmioróg family. It was first mentioned ...