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On the city market in Zywiec, a town in the south of Poland associated with beer production, I looked at the beautifully renovated facade of the town hall. In the background of the poster with the nu [...]
The Neo-Renaissance town hall in Pszczyna is an adaptation of a apartment haus built originally in the second half of the 17th century. A small clocktower was added in 1738. Town Hall in Pszczyna, ex [...]
One of the most know fortresses in the Trail of the Eagle's Nests: the Ojcow Castle. The square tower as an example of characteristic Polish medieval defensive architecture. The only gate leading to [...]
It is one of the best preserved medieval defensive buildings in Poland: The Wawel Royal Castle in Cracow, the capital of Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Castle chambers are of course open to visitors. Bel [...]
A limestone cliff in the beautiful valley and its renaissance castle - Pieskowa Skala. In the bastion, the best restaurant I have visited on the Trail of the Eagle’s Nests. Pieskowa Skala Castle, e [...]
"The exact time is presented by MPK S.A. in Cracow." - an advertising slogan on a clock table, standing in front of the entrance to the main railway station. "MPK S.A." means: a municipal communicat [...]
A former magnate residence in the Baroque Revival (Neo-Baroque) style: the Pszczyna Castle. Pszczyna Castle, external links: Google Maps Wikipedia Homepage [...]
No, this animal is not a snake. In the forest leading to the ruins of Tenczyn Castle I met the slowworm, a kind of legless lizard. The slowworm is a partially protected species in Poland. In case o [...]
The ruins of Tenczyn Castle build in 14th century on a former volcanic cone, a part of so-called Eagles' Nests. The sun's rays passing through the leaves are natural and have not been added by [...]
The ruins of Ogrodzieniec Castle, a fortress built in the system of the so-called Eagles' Nests, in the village of Podzamcze in the Silesian Voivodeship. Pictures have a slightly lower quality, bec [...]
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