Besiekiery

State of preservation:		Quite large ruins of the building survived
Admission:		The entrance to the ruins site is free of charge
Parking:		There is no parking lot next to the castle
Searching difficulty:		Finding the monument is very easy – it is visible from the road
Access difficulty:		Reaching the ruins requires overcoming the moat (dry), and then climbing up the hill. Perhaps in the future a bridge over the moat will be completed
Subjective rating:		This is what tigers like most of all. Beautiful ruins far away from civilization

Driving directions:

Driving down the road no 1 from south to north, in Łęczyca you ought to turn left towards Dąbie. In that way you should reach the place Błonie, in which you need to follow the main road and turn right towards Drzewce. After covering 5 km you should turn right towards Besiekiery. In the village drive straight and at the crossroads turn left. Next drive to the end of asphalt and there are the ruins on the left.




Historical outline:

The origin of the castle in Besiekiery vanishes in the darkness of history. According to some researchers the castle was built in 1500 by the province governor of Łęczyca, Mikołaj Sokołowski of Pomian coat of arms. However, none of the well-known documents does not confirm the existence of such clerk. Another hypothesis attributes the erection of the stronghold to esquire carver of Brzeski, Mikołaj Sokołowski. Some historians indicate esquire carver of Brzeski, Wojciech Sokołowski as the builder of the castle. Thus, it might be assumed that the building was erected by Mr. Sokołowski at the turn of the XVth and the XVIth cent.
Later history of the monument is now better known. It is known that at the end of the XVIth cent. the castle belonged to Andrzej Batory, and then it was often changing hands, who equally often were rebuilding it. Unfortunately the foundation did not survive too long in a good condition. Yet in the XVIIth cent. it began to deteriorate, and its existence was ended with the fire in 1731. The then owners, the Gajewskis, disassembled the second storey, and in the middle of the XIXth cent. the castle fulfilled only economic functions.


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