| Page Views: 268 Last Visit to Pieniny: September, 2003 | Niedzica Castle by AniaPL - last update: May 31, 2004 |
Niedzica castle, built in XIII th century on a mountain (over 500 m. high).
It is situated in Pieniny mountain in the south of Poland, close to Slovak border. |
|  | There is an old tale concerning an oak’s stamp near the catsle. In the XVIth century the castle were owned by
The Horvats (hungarian). They were very bad for thweir people, the prison was full al the time, people were hungry. One day young Horvath met a Gipsy woman who told him that he should protect the oak which would grow near his castle. The death of this tree would mean tha end of his family. Few ages later, the oak witered, and it was the end of the Horvaths... |
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sihi Mon Jun 7, 2004 18:28 UTC
Amazing page! Pieniny were my last destination in Poland(2002). I love this mountains and towns of Kroscienko & Szczawnica:) | Ben-UK Sun Jun 6, 2004 13:05 UTC
Fantastic countryside in this part of Poland - great photos Ania. |
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