The Royal Castle in Sandomierz — a Gothic-Renaissance seat of the museum

The Royal Castle in Sandomierz stands on a hill at about 159 metres above sea level, looking down over the Vistula valley. On the site of a wooden stronghold, Casimir the Great raised a masonry Gothic castle in the 14th century, later extended in Renaissance style under Sigismund the Old. In 1656, during the Swedish Deluge, Swedish troops blew up a large part of the castle, destroying it almost entirely; mainly the western wing survives today. The castle now houses the District Museum with rich archaeological, historical and ethnographic collections, and its terraces look out over the river and the bridge.

fot. Marek Marcola

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Other sights in Sandomierz

Straight-line distances from „The Royal Castle" — calculated from real coordinates. By road it is often further.

Queen Jadwiga's RavineA picturesque loess ravine right by the old town, just under half a kilometre long and up

~261 m as the crow flies

The cathedral basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryA Gothic cathedral founded by Casimir the Great in 1360–1382, with 15th-century Byzantine-

~498 m as the crow flies

The Opatów GateA Gothic town gate from the second half of the 14th century, the only survivor of Sandomie

~660 m as the crow flies

The market square and town hallThe broad market square of the old town, about 110 by 120 metres, with a Gothic-Renaissanc

~729 m as the crow flies

The Underground Tourist RouteA network of former merchants' cellars beneath the old town, joined into a route abou

~745 m as the crow flies

St James's ChurchOne of the oldest brick churches in Poland, raised by the Dominicans between 1226 and 1250

~1,0 km as the crow flies

The Pepper HillsA nature reserve on hills of Precambrian shale more than 500 million years old, famous for

~2,7 km as the crow flies

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