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Teutonic castle in Świecie

Local name: Zamek krzyżacki w Świeciu

The ruins of the Teutonic castle in Swiecie is a remnant of the more than 600-year-old fortress, which has been preserved partly rebuilt main tower and north wing. There is a small exhibition of siege weapons, armor, axes, crossbows, spears and spears from the heyday of the building. You can also see the reconstruction of the castle in the form it had in the days of the uprising. The tower offers a beautiful view of the world and the Vistula river valley. On the other wing preserved cellar rooms, the lower parts of all towers and small portions of the peripheral walls. Ruins surrounded by a beautiful natural park, which is the perfect place for a picnic. An interesting fact connected with the secular castle is the fact that originally the building was on an artificial promontory between the rivers Vistula and Wda. Today, as a result of the shift Vistula building was among the meadows. Powerful brick castle on a square plan and four round towers built between 1335-1350. At the end of the Thirteen Years' War he lost property owner and began to pass from hand to hand, falling into disrepair. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the castle repurchased council Torun and renovated officiated there until the time of the Swedish wars. Over the next century object systematically stripped, and only since the mid-nineteenth century, the ruins were secured by allowing them to survive to the present day.

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