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Castle Attractions In Mazovia Province

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Mazovia is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland. It spans across the North European Plain, roughly between Lodz and Bialystok, with Warsaw being the unofficial capital and largest city. Throughout the centuries, Mazovia developed a separate sub-culture featuring diverse folk songs, architecture, dress and traditions different to those of other Poles. Historical Mazovia existed from the Middle Ages until the partitions of Poland and consisted of three voivodeships with the capitals in Warsaw, Płock and Rawa. The main city of the region was Płock, however, in the Early Modern Times it lost its importance to Warsaw, which became the capital o...
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Castle Attractions In Mazovia Province

  • 1. The Royal Castle in Warsaw - Museum Warsaw
    The Royal Castle in Warsaw is a castle residency that formerly served throughout the centuries as the official residence of the Polish monarchs. It is located in the Castle Square, at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town. The personal offices of the king and the administrative offices of the Royal Court of Poland were located there from the sixteenth century until the Partitions of Poland. Initially the complex served as the residence of the Dukes of Masovia, and since the sixteenth century, the seat of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: the King and Parliament . In its long history the Royal Castle was repeatedly plundered and devastated by the invading Swedish, Brandenburgian, Prussian and Tsarist armies. The Constitution of 3 May 1791, the first of its type in Europe and the world's sec...
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  • 3. Czersk Castle (Zamek Czersk) Czersk
    The Castle of the Masovian Dukes is a Gothic castle located in Czersk , Masovian Voivodeship in Poland. The castle was built on the turning point of the fourteenth and fifteenth century.
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  • 8. Copper-Roof Palace Warsaw
    The Copper-Roof Palace is an 18th-century palace in Warsaw, Poland. It takes its unusual name from its copper roof — a rarity in the first half of the 18th century. The palace since 1989 is a branch of the Royal Castle Museum.The palace is contiguous with Warsaw's Royal Castle, and down a slope from the Castle Square and Old Town. Beneath the palace, a 17th-century lodge still exists.
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  • 9. Castle in Liw Liw
    Liw Castle - a ruin of a Gothic ducal castle raised in the fifteenth century as a guarding stronghold in the town of Liw. The castle is located in Liw , Masovian Voivodeship; in Poland.
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  • 13. Janowiec Castle Janowiec
    Janowiec Castle - a Renaissance castle built in between 1508–1526, on a steep Vistulan hillside in Janowiec , Lublin Voivodeship, in Poland.
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  • 14. Tykocin Castle Tykocin
    Tykocin [tɨˈkɔt͡ɕin] Yiddish: טיקטין‎, Tiktin) is a small town in north-eastern Poland, with 2,010 inhabitants , located on the Narew river. Tykocin has been situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship since 1999. Previously, it belonged to Białystok Voivodeship . It is one of the oldest settlements in the region.
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