Niepołomice were founded probably even in the thirteenth century, although the first certain information about the village comes from 1349 years. Hunting castle built for sure Casimir the Great, which certify chroniclers of Czarnkow Jan and Jan Dlugosz. Located near the capital of Krakow in forests full of wildlife, became a frequent place of residence of the King holiday. The castle was built of brick on stone foundations, on a plan similar to a square the side of which is less than 60 meters. In the corners of the north-east and north-west were rectangular in plan towers, two wings were located along the eastern and southern side of the foundation. Both wings were two-storey, Southern had two routes, the eastern one. The entrance was located in the western curtain wall. 
The real flowering of the castle took place for Wladyslaw Jagiello, who as often as he organized hunting royal council meeting here. After the victory in the Great War with the Teutonic king, returning to Krakow, drove to Niepołomice and from there went to the foot of Wawel Cathedral submit gained banners. 
Another ruler who contributed to the growing importance of Niepołomice was Sigismund the Old. During his time also after 1506 years has been a major expansion of the castle. The four-established assumption, the existing buildings were added to the northern wing dwutraktowe and Western jednotraktowe. Around the courtyard along all wings of the established wooden cloisters, and the gate was located in the south wing. 
Son Sigismund the Old - Zygmunt August also cared for residence in Niepołomicach. After the fire, which damaged the castle in 1550 the king entrusted the renovation work associated with the expansion of assumptions Thomas Grzymala. The work lasted for 1571 years and resulted in all wings raised by one floor. The work probably also participated Santi Gucci. 
The castle remained a royal residence for 1586 years, then was transferred governors. Not performed in these times larger building, only in 1637, Alexander Michael Lubomirski reconstructed cloisters at brick. During the Swedish invasion, the castle was damaged and stripped of equipment. Then he slowly fell into disrepair and renovations were superficial in nature. 
Around 1800, as a result of adaptation by the Austrians at the barracks, was demolished highest tier. Since the beginning of the nineteenth century were carried out again fairly superficial repairs. Only the reconstruction carried out at the end of the last century castle restored splendor of the royal era reign of the castle. Already during the reconstruction of the courtyard to find a place marketplace, but now the whole complex is used for the purposes of a museum and cultural.

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Żupny Castle is a Gothic castle, the former headquarters of the Wieliczka and Bochnia Salt Mine. The castle is located in the former mine complex and was designated as part of the Wieliczka and Bochnia UNESCO World Heritage Site, since an expansion in 2013. The castle is located in Wieliczka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in Poland.

A castle was built on top of the hillside in the XIV century, under the reign of Casimir III the Great and completed the sixteenth during the reign of Sigismund I the Old. The current castle was built in a square formation, including living quarters outside the castle walls. From the castle's earliest days, up until 1945, the castle was the headquarters of the Wieliczka Salt Mine. Currently, the castle houses an exhibition containing the history of Wieliczka from the past decades, and the only collection of saltshakers in Poland.

Żupny Castle

Dobczyce Castle (Polish: Zamek w Dobczycach) is a castle in Dobczyce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is located on a rocky hill above Lake Dobczyce. The castle was first mentioned in written sources in 1362, but had been fortified since 1311. In the time of Casimir III the Great, the walls were from 5 to 9 meters thick, and the castle was a fortified stronghold. In 1398, the castle was the abode of King Władysław II Jagiełło and his wife Jadwiga. In 1473, for several months, Prince Casimir stayed here after returning from an unsuccessful expedition.
The Lubomirski family, who ruled the castle from 1585, rebuilt the Gothic fortress into a Renaissance residence in the years 1593-1594. The clocktower, chapel and fountain were added. By 1620 the castle had 70 rooms and 3 towers. In the 1960s the site was extensively excavated.

Dobczyce Castle

The Gothic Wawel Castle in Kraków in Poland was built at the behest of Casimir III the Great, who reigned from 1333 to 1370, and consists of a number of structures situated around the central courtyard.
In the 14th century it was rebuilt by Jogaila and Jadwiga of Poland. Their reign saw the addition of the tower called the Hen's Foot (Kurza Stopka) and the Danish Tower. The Jadwiga and Jogaila Chamber, in which the sword Szczerbiec, was used in coronation ceremonies, is exhibited today and is another remnant of this period. Other structures were developed on the hill during that time as well, in order to serve as quarters for the numerous clergy, royal clerks and craftsmen. Defensive walls and towers such as Jordanka, Lubranka, Sandomierska, Tęczyńska, Szlachecka, Złodziejska and Panieńska were erected in the same period.
The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill constitute the most historically and culturally important site in Po­land. For centuries the residence of the kings of Poland and the symbol of Polish statehood, the Castle is now one of the country’s premier art museums. Established in 1930, the museum encompasses ten curatorial departments responsible for collections of paintings, including an important collection of Italian Renaissance paintings, prints, sculpture, textiles, among them the Sigismund II Augustus tapestry collection, goldsmith’s work, arms and armor, ceramics, Meissen porcelain, and period furniture. The museum’s holdings in oriental art include the largest collection of Ottoman tents in Europe. With seven specialized conservation studios, the museum is also an important center for the conservation of works of art.
People have lived on Wawel Hill at the site of the Castle as early as fifty thousand years ago, in the Paleolithic Age. The settlement was apparently bustling with trade, assorted crafts and local farming. When more people began to settle down on the Wawel Hill and when trade became more efficient, the rulers of Poland took up their residence at the Hill as well.
During the early 16th century King Sigismund I the Old (Zygmunt I in Polish) and his wife brought in the best native and foreign artists including Italian architects, sculptors, and German decorators, to refurbish the castle into a splendid Renaissance palace. It soon became a paragon of stately residence in Central and Eastern Europe and served widely as a model throughout the region.
In the fire of 1595, the northeast part of the castle burned down. King Sigismund III Vasa rebuilt it, although of his efforts only the Senator Stairs and the fireplace in the Bird Room remain today. In 1609 King Sigismund moved the capital to Warsaw, and tough times for Wawel began. Both the castle and other buildings were neglected despite the concerns of local governors. The Swedish invasions of 1655–1657 and 1702 contributed to the further deterioration of the castle.
Gobelin tapestries, such as this one with monogram "SA" of King Sigismund Augustus of Poland, Brussels, c. 1555, were part of famous Jagiellonian tapestries, also known as the Wawel Tapestries or Wawel Arrases.
The Hill was occupied by the Prussian Army in 1794. Royal Insignia were stolen and never retrieved (apart from the Szczerbiec).After the Third Partition of Poland (1795) Wawel, as an important defensive point, was modernised by Austrians with defensive walls. The interior of the castle was changed and some of the buildings pulled down. In the second part of the 19th century the Austrians redesigned the defensive walls making them a part of a stronghold. However, in 1905 the emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria gave an order for Austrian troops to leave Wawel. Restoration works began, with the discovery of the Rotunda of Virgin Mary as well as other relics of the past. The renovations of the Wawel Hill were financed by public subscriptions
After World War I, the authorities of the newly independent Polish Second Republic decided that Wawel Castle was to become a representative building of the Polish state and would be used by the Governor and later by the President himself. In 1921 the Polish Parliament passed a resolution which gave Wawel official status as the residence of the President of Poland. Following the ravages of World War II, by the decree of the State National Council, Wawel Castle became a national museum.
The Crown Treasury situated in the historic Gothic rooms which were used from the 15th century on for storing the Polish coronation insignia and Crown Jewels, feature on display priceless objects from the former Treasury that survived plunder, among them the memorabilia of Polish monarchs including members of their families and eminent personages, like the hat and sword given to John III Sobieski by the pope after the Battle of Vienna, as well as the coronation sword Szczerbiec.
A column fragment of Wawel Castle has been incorporated into Chicago's landmark Tribune Tower. Located in its own niche over the upper-left corner of the main entrance, it is a visual tribute to Chicago's large Polish populace, the largest such presence outside of the Republic of Poland.

Wawel Castle in Krakow

Now there are fortified manor house, but it was built on the site of a Gothic castle in 1530. Mansion built Wieruszyccy Szreniawa coat of stone and brick. The whole has a square plan of the tower in the north-eastern corner. In 1983, he began to lead renovations.

Manor house in Wieruszycach

Wisnicz Castle was built around the middle of the fourteenth century, probably at the initiative of John Kmity and references in the documents began to appear at the end of the fourteenth century. The original castle is probably the only rectangular perimeter defensive walls with dimensions of 30x50 meters with a square tower at the corner of the east. It is possible that there was also a round tower in the corner of the north. Economic and residential buildings were wooden. 
At the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth century, it was already four-and had three towers and fortifications surrounding earth with two gates. After 1516 years Piotr Kmita, the most prominent representative of this family, and one of the most prominent lay people of his time, extended the castle. All residential wings were raised by one floor and dostawiono fourth corner tower, but rather artillery territory of the bastion. For external walls of the south-east wing was built a large building, and the defense system was modernized by replacing the partial wall, while the western gate of the courtyard of the castle grounds was converted into the territory of the bastion. North entrance was fortified bastion. 
After the death of Peter Kmity in 1553 became the property Barzów and later Stadnickich. In 1593 by the estate was bought by Sebastian Lubomirski. In the years 1615-1621 expansion mansion took his son Stanislaw. Project Baroque reconstruction and fortification bastion developed for him by Maciej Trapola. 
During the Swedish invasion Stanislaw Lubomirski wanting to save the destruction of the most powerful Polish fortress surrendered it to the Swedes. Army, however, stripped the castle with all the equipment and devastated buildings. After the withdrawal of the invaders castle returned to the ownership of the Lubomirski, but in spite of the work has not been fully restored. In the middle of the eighteenth century became the property of Sanguszkos, then Potocki and Zamoyski. After the takeover by the conqueror castle began to decline, and in 1831 years has fire and was eventually abandoned. In 1901 the castle was bought by the union of ancestral Lubomirski, who started the renovation of the mansion. Since 1928 works were directed by Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz, but were abandoned after the outbreak of the Second World War. After the war the castle was taken over by the state, and since 1949 works were carried out to restore his completely original appearance, which led Alfred Majewski. At the end of the twentieth century the castle was returned to the ownership of the Lubomirski.