Przemyśl Castle
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Przemyśl CastleorCasimir Castle(Polish:Zamek PrzemyślorPolish:Zamek Kazimierzowski) is a Renaissance castle inPrzemyśl,Poland,located on the Castle Hill, which rises to a height of 270 metres above sea level and 70 meters above the city and theSan River.
History
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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 fortifiedgrodbelonging to theLendians(Lendizi), who were aWest Slavic tribedescended from theWhite Croats.[1]
In 1018, the Polish kingBolesław I Chrobryrecaptured Przemyśl and built a stoneRomanesquerotundaandpalatium complex.Later,Casimir III the Greatwas responsible for the building of aGothiccastle in 1340, of which only a gate inOgivestyle survives to this day. The buildings were damaged by the invadingVlachsin 1498, and rebuilt once again forPiotr Kmita Sobieński.
Przemyśl town elderMarcin Krasickibegan the reconstruction of the castle in theRenaissancestyle in 1616. The works were supervised by the Italian architectGalleazzo 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 kingStanislaw Poniatowskirebuilt the castle, rebuilding the ruins of two towers, the wall between them, building a new castle and adding stepped buttresses.
After the partition of theCommonwealth,theAustriansstationed troops in the castle. Eventually in 1865, the castle was handed over to the city where from 1884 the dramatic societyFredreumhas been based. DuringWorld War I,the Austrians held two thousand Russian prisoners in the castle. Further restoration of the castle was carried out in 1920, and in 1980 two corner towers and curtain wall between them were rebuilt.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^Poleski, Jacek (2000). "Naszacowice". In Wieczorek, Alfried; Hinz, Hans-Martin (eds.).Europe's Centre Around AD 1000.Theiss. p. 175.ISBN978-3806215496.
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