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The castle in Oporów. It's small, but I very like it :)

 

The castle is a small late-Gothic defensive residence, built around 1440, is situated on an island surrounded by a moat. It is one of the very few monuments of this kind preserved in Poland. Its compact layout is concentrated around a quadrangular courtyard: a residential house, two towers (one with the chapel attached), and a defensive wall connecting them make up the premises. Renovated in the 17th, 18th, and 19th century, the castle underwent only some minor changes. They produced the Renaissance beam framed ceiling, the Baroque window openings on the first floor, the gate part, rebuilt in the 18th and 19th century, and the neoclassical stucco work. The so-called “cupboard" building on the courtyard, as well as the neogothic portal at the main entrance and the terrace by the bridge, date back to 1840. The castle is surrounded by a landscape park, founded in the first half of the 19th century.

Due to thorough reconstruction works between 1962 and 1965, some of the 19th century renovations were removed and the original shape of the roofs as well as the gallery of the residential house were restored. The Gothic portals and windows, together with the Renaissance polychrome beams from the mid-17th century, were revealed from behind the plaster.

Since 1949, the castle has been the seat of the museum with its exhibition of manor interiors. The works of art and craft contained therein refer to the traditions of old Polish manor houses. The collection includes exhibits from various epochs, ranging from the 16th century till the beginning of the 20th century - paintings, sculptures and artistic handcrafts.

 

Zamek w Oporowie – ceglany zamek wzniesiony w stylu gotyckim w latach 1434-1449 we wsi Oporów pod Kutnem przez biskupa kujawskiego Władysława Oporowskiego. Zaczątkiem zespołu zamkowego była rycerska wieża mieszkalna, wzniesiona na początku XV w. na sztucznej wyspie, usypanej pośrodku jednej z odnóg rzeki Słudwi. Później powstały mieszkalne budynki otaczające niewielki brukowy dziedziniec, mury obronne oraz półokrągła baszta z kaplicą na piętrze. Nad zamkiem góruje północno-zachodnia narożna wieża ozdobiona gotyckim sztyletem. Mimo wielu przebudów dokonanych w XVII, XVIII i XIX w. nastąpiły tylko niewielkie zmiany. Pozostały po nich renesansowe stropy, barokowe otwory okienne na piętrze, klasycystyczne sztukaterie. Z około 1840 pochodzi przybudówka na dziedzińcu, tzw. "kredens" oraz neogotycki portal bramy wjazdowej i taras przed mostem. Zamek otacza krajobrazowy park założony w pierwszej połowie XIX w. Zespół zamkowo-parkowy mieści od 1949 r. muzeum z ekspozycją wnętrz dworskich. Zbiory prezentują dzieła malarstwa, rzeźby i wyroby rzemiosła artystycznego

od XVI do pocz. XX w.

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