Museum of Bells and Pipes

The history of the city of Przemyśl - The Bell and Pipes Museum tower - 1/3

Karol Kicman, historian at the National Museum of the Przemyśl Region takes us to the Bell and Pipes Museum Tower.

Przemyśl owes its long and rich history to the advantages of its geographic location. The city lies in an area connecting mountains and lowlands known as the Przemyśl Gate, with open lines of transportation, and fertile soil. It also lies on the navigable San River. Important trade routes that connect Central Europe from Przemyśl ensure the city's importance.

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 fortified grod belonging to the Lendians (Lendizi).

In 1018, the Polish king Bolesław I Chrobry recaptured Przemyśl and built a stone Romanesque rotunda and palatium complex. Later, king Kazimierz Wielki (Casimir III the Great) was responsible for the building of a Gothic castle in 1340, of which only a gate in Ogive style survives to this day. The buildings were damaged by the invading Vlachs in 1498, and rebuilt once again for Piotr Kmita Sobieński.

Przemyśl town elder Marcin Krasicki began the reconstruction of the castle in the Renaissance style in 1616. The works were supervised by the Italian architect Galleazzo 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 king Stanislaw Poniatowski rebuilt the castle, rebuilding the ruins of two towers, the wall between them, building a new castle and adding stepped buttresses.

After the partition of the Commonwealth, the Austrians stationed troops in the castle. Eventually in 1865, the castle was handed over the city where from 1884 the dramatic society Fredreum has been based. During World War I, the Austrians held two thousand Russian prisoners in the castle. More restoration of the castle was carried out in 1920, and in 1980 two corner towers and curtain wall between them were rebuilt.


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PRZEMYŚL (Polska, Poland) - European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN)

Zdjęcia (photographs): Anna i Krzysztof Kobusowie TRAVELPHOTO.pl

European Destinations of Excellence - EDEN
“Accessible tourism” theme for the 2013 EDEN competition.

The winner is... PRZEMYŚL

Przemyśl is one of the oldest and the most beautiful Polish towns.
For centuries communication routes have crossed here, linking the East with the West and the North with the South. Przemyśl’s position at this meeting point of cultures and religions has resulted in national diversity and rich cultural heritage.

The town situated at the foot of the Carpathians, vaunting a wealth of more than a thousand monuments, enchants us with an unforgettable landscape of steep, narrow streets, adjoining historical buildings and old churches with towers that climb ever higher. Visit the museum of bells and pipes, the only such museum in the world! Explore the Bolestraszyce Arboretum a sensory gardens where blind people can read subtitles in Braille as well as to touch or smell the plants. Discover the Fortress of Przemyśl, the 45 km ring of several auxiliary forts around Przemyśl, built in the 2nd half of the 19th century by the Austrian army.

PL:

Przemyśl jest laureatem konkursu Unii Europejskiej EDEN („Najlepsza Europejska Destynacja Turystyczna”) w roku 2013.
Konkurs EDEN promuje miejsca preferujące turystykę zrównoważoną, gdzie turyści korzystają z lokalnych sklepów, regionalnego jedzenia, biorą udział w warsztatach, itp... Wszystko z poszanowaniem miejscowej kultury, ludzi, przyrody. Rozwój turystyki ma promować miejsca, które swoją przyszłość z nią wiążą. Każda edycja konkursu ma inny temat przewodni; obszary chronione, rewitalizacja, turystyka dostępna czy edycja 2015 - kulinaria,...