Bardo

State of preservation:		Only restored remainders of the walls have preserved of the castle
Admission:		The entrance to the ruin area is free of charge
Parking:		There is a free parking lot at the foot of the mountain
Searching difficulty:		Finding this place is very difficult. Because the castle is situated on the hilltop, in the middle of the forest, no signposts lead to it, and local people did not hear much of the castle.
Access difficulty:		In order to reach the ruins you need to climb up the hill of the medium size
Subjective rating:		Ugly remainders

Driving directions:

Driving down the road no 8 from Kłodzko towards Wrocław you cross Bardo. Driving down the main road all the way long, at the height of town center, there is a railroad station on the right side, and straight ahead the main road leads through the viaduct. At this place you need to turn left in the direction of the town (it is the first road to the left at the first junction), and next turn right straightaway, downhill towards viaduct. At the very bottom you need to turn right under overpass and viaduct, and later drive ahead to the parking lot under an afforested hill. From there you need to go up the hill down the green and blue trail along the Stations of the Cross. About 100m beyond 7th Station of the Cross you need to step aside from the trail to the left and walk down the narrow path up the hill. At the end of the path you will see the castle.


Historical outline:

Former name: Wartha

Allegedly there were two castles in Bardo. The first, wooden one was supposed to be constructed at the place of early-medieval borough and in 1299 was sold to the Cisterians by Herman Reichenbach, the commune head of Ziębice and Ząbkowice. Apparently the order used it till the end of the XVIth cent., and then the castle in unexplained manner disappeared from the surface. The other castle is better examined, and what is more, there have remained its traces on the Calvary. The builder of the castle at the beginning of the XIVth cent. was of the sons of the duke Bolko I – Bernard or the younger Bolko II of Ziębice. Unfortunately the history of the castle is not exactly learned and it is only known that after destruction during the Hussite wars, was never rebuilt. The ruins of the castle were “discovered” in the XIXth cent., and next researched by the sounding method. After finishing the examinations the fragmentary parts of the walls were reconstructed.


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