Sobień (Soban 1372, castro Sobyen 1460) – Medieval castle in the San river valley, at the feet of Eastern Carpathian mountains, in the Manasterzec village in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship.

First mentioned as Soban, it was a Royal castle guarding the merchant route along the San River. The castle was built by order of King Casimir the Great in 1340.

In 1389 Władysław II Jagiełło conferred the castle to a noble family of Kmita.

The castle was destroyed in 1474 and again in 1512 by Hungarian forces. In 16th century the Kmita family sold the estates and the castle to Stadnicki family, who held it until 1713.

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In Zagórz, on the picturesque hill called Marymont, there are impressive ruins of the Monastery the Discalced Carmelites - one of the most interesting architectonic objects in this part of Poland. This place is connected with numerous legends. The ruins of the Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites originated in the 18th century. The ruins are situated on the picturesque hill, surrounded from three sides by waters of the Osława River. Erection works were finished prior to 1730. It is the Baroque complex of defensive nature, erected from local sandstone. The monastery was funded by Jan Franciszek Stadnicki. The gateway in the defensive walls leads to the ruins. It is provided with the firing ports and is directed to the only way, which used to lead directly to the monastery. At present it is possible to arrive to the ruins by ul. Klasztorna or ul. Rzeczna. Inside the walls, there used to be the church, monastery, two towers, one storeyed guardhouse and farm buildings. In 1772 the fire damaged most of the buildings. After that the monastery was rebuilt, however, its state never returned to its past splendour. Another fire, in 1822, destroyed completely the monastery roof, and after 7 years the monastery was liquidated. A part of the temple equipment was sent to the Parish Church in Zagórz, where it is kept to the present day. The local authority of the Zagórz Municipality decided to attend to the ruins of the Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites and in 2000 the monastery complex was taken over by the Municipality. At present, the renovation and supporting works are being carried out over this unique monument in the country scale.

Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites

Lesko had in the Middle Ages to the family coat of arms Kmitas Szreniawa who had established the ancestral castle Sobień. The first mansion built here Castellan of Przemysl Jan Kmita about 1474, after the lock was damaged Sobień invasion of the Hungarians. The first court probably had no masonry. In 1491 years fall took the son of John Stanislaus. When the 1538 years of Krakow province governor Piotr Kmita decided to move their headquarters to Lesko, wooden mansion has become insufficient. After 1538 years he erected a brick residential tower, which had a room on the ground floor vaulting supported centrally on polygonal pole. This tower is now located in the western corner of assumptions. 
About half of the sixteenth century, the castle was rebuilt. Tower was reduced by one floor and extended to the south-east. On the assumption of defense consisted of a few wooden buildings. 
In 1580 the estate was divided between family Barzych and Stadnickich. Soon after all belonged to Stadnickich. Another expansion took place in 1656, when the city walls were reinforced buildings on an irregular quadrangle with towers and bastion. In the early eighteenth century, was damaged by the actions of the Swedish army and fire. Shortly afterwards became the property Ossolińskich was in their possession until 1776 years. It was only in the years 1765-1771 under the direction of Geoffrey Hoffman, the castle was rebuilt for governor of Volhynia Joseph Ossoliński. In 1776 passed into the possession of the family Miniszchów, and in 1779 - Krasickis who ruled it until the outbreak of the Second World War. 
However, already in 1783 the castle was again destroyed by fire. Long time no one lock after the fire was not involved, only in 1805 was renovated for Xavier Krasickiego project by poet Vincent Fields, and in the years 1837-1838 according to the project also made ​​extensive restaurant. During the rebuilding Vincent Fields demolished several buildings, and added-storey wing with galleries. 
Ever since Kmitów castle celebrated heyday, hosted great artists. Krasiccy moved to Lesko your library of Dubiecko. 
In 1914 the castle was again hit by fire in 1924, it was rebuilt. The Second World War also has made destruction. After the war, in 1956, the castle was rebuilt and converted into a resort mine. Today there is public hotel.

Castle Lesko

The Sanok Royal Castle was built in the late 14th century in Sanok, Poland. The castle is situated on the San River at hill 317 m above sea level on a steep slope. Today it is the seat of the Sanok Historical Museum.

The first mention of Sanok is found in 12th-century chronicles. The stronghold was destroyed in the 13th century during the Tatar invasion in 1241. In the 14th century the town of Sanok became fortified and a defensive castle was built.

The earliest mention of the stronghold comes from 1150 and was written in the Hypatian Codex. The Ruthenian chronicler describes the expedition of King Géza II of Hungary to Ruthenia and the capture of the towns of Przemyśl and Sanok. In the time of the Piast dynasty, after the recovery of the Red Ruthenia by King Casimir III the Great, the royal palace surrounded by a defensive wall was built on the hilltop.

During the reign of King Władysław Jagiełło, his wedding with Elisabeth of Pilica took place at the castle on May 2, 1417. The town and district authorities with a castellan at the top had their seat at the Sanok castle. In 1425, it was established the Higher Court of German law at the Sanok Castle. It was also a residence of the King's fourth wife Sophia of Halshany until her death in 1461. Queen Bona Sforza ordered the rebuilding of the Gothic castle in the Renaissance style between 1523-1548. Between 1555-1556, the castle was the seat of Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary, after her escape from Transylvania. At the end of the 16th century, the castle underwent further expansion: the south wing was built at that time. At the turn of the 18th century the north wing was added.

In 1915, after the Russian invasion, the South wing was demolished. In the interwar period the castle served as the Museum of Sanok. The Museum, established in 1934 by the Society of Friends of the Region of Sanok, had at first collections of the Sanok region, weapons and arms — the history of the town and castle of Sanok, furniture, artistic craftsmanship. With the beginning of World War II in September 1939, the castle was ransacked. In August 1944, the local German authorities looted the oldest surviving monuments of Polish culture, some of which were retrieved by the Polish Government after the war. Its collections were transferred to the castle where, since 1945, they have formed part of the Historical Museum, added to the latter's collection are some 200 icons from Lemko villages.