Rakowice Wielkie 1

State of preservation:		The residential tower has survived as the whole
Admission:		You cannot enter the tower
Parking:		There is no parking lot nearby
Searching difficulty:		The construction stands by the main road so you may easily find it
Access difficulty:		You may come to the tower down the pedestrian precinct
Subjective rating:		The structure of an average beauty

Driving directions:

Driving from Bolesławiec down the road no 297 towards Jelenia Góra you would drive through Brunów. There, past the bridge, you have to turn right for Brzeźnik. After you reach Rakowice Wielkie it is enough for you to stick to the main road and look out for the tower on the left side.


Historical outline:

Former name: Gross Rackwitz

In the area of today’s Rakowice Wielkie existed two residential towers. In the first of them resided the governor of the town grange, belonging to Lwówek. It was constructed at the turn of the XVth and XVIth cent. and has survived until now. The description of the second tower you may find here: Rakowice Wielkie


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Nearest castles:

Kliczków

Modła

Warta Bolesławiecka

Grodziec (Lower Silesia Province)

Skała

Gościszów

Lwówek Śląski

Płakowice

Rząsiny

Biedrzychowice

Zapusta (Rajsko)

Sucha

Gryfów Śląski

Sędziszowa

Łupki (Wleński Gródek)

Proszówka

Świecie (Lower Silesia Province)

Giebułtów

Siedlęcin

Rybnica

Stara Kamienica