Uniejów Castle

Uniejów Castle - one of the main places of interest in Uniejów, Łódź Voivodeship; in Poland.[1]

Uniejów Castle
Uniejów Castle
LocationUniejów, Łódź Voivodeship, in Poland
Coordinates51°58′22″N 18°47′29″E
Built1360-1365
Rebuilt1525-1534, 1848
Architectural style(s)Classical
Location of the Uniejów Castle in Poland

The castle was built between 1360-1365 on the site of a former wooden fortress, destroyed after a raid by the Teutonic Knights in 1331. The initiator of the construction of the castle was Gniezno's Archbishop Jarosław Bogoria Skotnicki, one of the closest associates to Casimir III the Great.

The building was greatly expanded and modernised between 1525-1534, when after a fire most of the castle's Gothic characteristics had gone. The stronghold had ended's its militaristic significance in the seventeenth century, when the castle became a residence. In 1836 the castle was taken over by the House of Toll, an Estonian family. In 1848, Aleksander Toll had reconstructed the castle into a Classical architectural style. The castle in Uniejów is a prime example of accretion of architectural styles.[2][3]

See also
  • Castles in Poland

References
  1. "Zamek W Uniejowie". Termy Uniejów. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  2. "Main Page". Zamek Uniejów. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  3. "Zamek Uniejów W Polsce". Zamki Polskie. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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