Ojców Castle Ruins, Ojców, Poland

Ojców Castle was part of a system of castles known as the Eagle's Nests - formerly protecting the southern border of the Kingdom of Poland. Currently it houses a museum dedicated to the castle in its renovated castle-tower. The castle was used as a stronghold, built by Casimir III the Great in the second half of the 14th century.

A legend mentions, that the caste was built by the Duke of Wrocław Wiesław I, Popiel's brother-in-law, however te first recorded information about the castle comes from the fourteenth century - linking up with King Casimir III the Great, who used the castle as part of his defensive line against the Kingdom of Bohemia and the south. The King was called the castle in honour of his father, Władysław I Łokietek, calling it Father by the Rock. In 1665 the stronghold was taken over by the Swedes, which they partially burned and deconstructed. The House of Koryciński, who owned the castle, had renovated it, and built additional living quarters. Various battles throughout the oncoming centuries had caused the castle to be shifted between different owners. Causing the castle to go through several cycles of renovation and deconstruction, currently the castle stands as the picturesque, and renovated ruin.

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Marcin Xayek (2 years ago)
Totally not worth it! 18zl for an adult ticket and what do u get? A tower without access to windows, so forget about taking pictures of the view outside. The well contains a bunch of thrash at the bottom. Overpriced, don’t bother with that place, it’s not even 5 minutes of sightseeing.

Alejandro Sedano (2 years ago)
For what it offers it's overpriced (18 pln). The exhibition in the tower is only in polish and the majestic view is mainly of the parking lot. Not worth it.

Gaspard Siestrunck (3 years ago)
Not so much to see in this castle, the door is the best part of it. There is a view point also inside and some exposition in the tower. That's pretty much all of it and the entry price (18pln) is quite a lot for such content. However, the money goes to the archeological search still ongoing on place.

Olga Klein (3 years ago)
Interesting museum inside of the tower with small movie, nice viewpoint, but definitely overpriced 18 zł for normal adult ticket, but there is not so much to see, not so renewed walls or so.

Artem Zaleskovskiy (6 years ago)
Such a beautiful place.

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