Czchów

State of preservation:		Only tower and relics of walls have remained of the castle
Admission:		Entrance to the tower is paid
Parking:		A free parking lot at the foot of the hill, on the top of which there is a tower
Searching difficulty:		The tower situated on the hill is seen from afar from the main road
Access difficulty:		In order to reach the tower you need to ascend the stairs up the steep hill called Baszta
Subjective rating:		The tower is not unique

Driving directions:

Driving from Brzesko to Nowy Sącz down the road no 75 the tower is visible on the hill on the right side by the main road. Therefore you need to turn right before it, park by the cemetery and go upstairs.


Historical outline:

The castle was erected the most probably at the turn of the XIIIth and XIVth cent., although its first reference originates from 1356. It was then supposed to be reigned by the burgrave of Czchów – Imram. It is believed that the castle was built in order to protect the customs on the Dunajec, about which sources mention for the first time in 1327. Unfortunately the latter history of the castle is not known. In the XVIIIth cent. the stronghold was already a ruin, even though in 1767 the king Stanisław August Poniatowski’s inspectors took the possibility of its reconstruction into account. The tower and scanty fragments of walls have preserved until today.


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