Międzygórz

State of preservation:		The walls of the castle
Admission:		The entrance to the area of the ruins is free
Parking:		There is no parking lot nearby, therefore there is a problem with parking the car
Searching difficulty:		Finding that castle is very difficult. It is hidden in the interior of the village, among the trees. If you do spot it from the distance, moderately approaching it, the castle kind of disappears and appears again. Generally you cannot set your sights on.
Access difficulty:		As to reach the ruins you need to overcome the meadows, brooklet and climb up the sharp hill
Subjective rating:		Lovely ruins

Driving directions:

You need to drive down the road no 77 from Sandomierz towards Opatów or Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. After covering 19 km, in Gołębiów, you should turn left towards Malice. Then you must drive straight on for the longer time, and before the river turn right into the asphalt road. When you reach the crossroad in the shape of +, you need to enter the road directly opposite. You should drive down that road straight ahead until you see the first house (red, on the right side). Park there and go right down the dirt road, which begins before that red house. From there you already ought to follow the course to the castle for it is visible directly opposite on the hill. On your way you will need to turn left towards the willows even 2 times, as to reach the path leading to the castle.




Historical outline:

The castle remnants in Międzygórz have not been researched by archeological methods so far, thus not much is known about it. Initially it was the royal castle, which was built before 1370, in the year of which the king Casimir III the Great gave it to Jan Zaklica of Topór coat of arms. In the XVIth cent. the owner of the castle was Mikołaj Kijański of Strzemię coat of arms, and then the Niedrzwicki and the Jawornicki families.


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