- Type
- Castle
- Built
- c. 1350 · 14th century
- Location
- Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
- Commissioned by
- Casimir III the Great
- Coordinates
- 50.6133°, 19.4931°
History
The castle on a limestone hill at Bobolice was probably built around the mid-14th century, under Casimir the Great, as one of the watchposts on the western border of Lesser Poland. Louis of Hungary granted it to Władysław of Opole, from whom Władysław Jagiełło took it back after 1391. Over the following centuries it changed hands, and during the Swedish Deluge in the mid-17th century it was destroyed and fell into ruin. In 1999 the ruins were bought by the Lasecki family, who rebuilt the castle between 2001 and 2011 – a reconstruction that divided conservators over its faithfulness to the historic form.
What to see
On the rock now stands a fully rebuilt castle with a tower, defensive walls and a courtyard; the interiors include historical rooms, and part of the complex is a hotel and restaurant. The walls look across to the neighbouring fortress at Mirów, about a kilometre and a half away. The castle lies on the Trail of the Eagles' Nests, among the limestone outcrops of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland.
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