Przemysl Castle

Przemyśl, Poland

The location of Przemyśl castle and the earlier settlement lay on an important river crossing on a trade route running from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea and through the Carpathian passes, and was a site of a fortified grod belonging to the Lendians (Lendizi), who were a West Slavic tribe descended from the White Croats.

In 1018, the Polish king Bolesław I Chrobry recaptured Przemyśl and built a stone Romanesque rotunda and palatium complex. Later, Casimir III the Great was responsible for the building of a Gothic castle in 1340, of which only a gate in Ogive style survives to this day. The buildings were damaged by the invading Vlachs in 1498, and rebuilt once again for Piotr Kmita Sobieński.

Przemyśl town elder Marcin Krasicki began the reconstruction of the castle in the Renaissance style in 1616. The works were supervised by the Italian architect Galleazzo Appiani. Towers were raised and attics finished, and more housing was attached, however after Krasicki's death, the reconstruction of the castle stopped.

From 1759 to 1762, Przemyśl mayor and future Polish king Stanislaw Poniatowski rebuilt the castle, rebuilding the ruins of two towers, the wall between them, building a new castle and adding stepped buttresses.

After the partition of the Commonwealth, the Austrians stationed troops in the castle. Eventually in 1865, the castle was handed over the city where from 1884 the dramatic society Fredreum has been based. During World War I, the Austrians held two thousand Russian prisoners in the castle. More restoration of the castle was carried out in 1920, and in 1980 two corner towers and curtain wall between them were rebuilt.

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Founded: 1340
Category: Castles and fortifications in Poland

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Márton Bence Balogh (9 months ago)
An interesting castle! The view is amazing from the bastions. Unfortunately it is only 4 stars: there were no English subtitles, and I had to wait for someone for 5 minutes to buy my ticket. But the view is amazing!
Настя Добуш (12 months ago)
Nice view from the top of the city. Near is a park. There are a lot of benches to sit and rest.
Volodymyr Oliinyk (14 months ago)
Very nice old small castle ?
Tim Judah (16 months ago)
I wanted to visit and the card machine said my payment had been refused but the account showed it had taken my money. Showed this to the man selling tickets but he obviously couldn’t care less and was not going to let me in. ?‍♂️
Monika Hanberg (20 months ago)
Wonderful place with great potential. The park & the views are great but the outdated running of the castle itself as well as lack of creativity are a bit depressing.
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