The castle stands in the heart of Ojcow National Park
Ojcow Castle is settled come Krakow and the modify glace Pieskowa Skala Hall. The castle is now a leave of Ojcow Mortal Arena come Krakow. This late-Romanesque designer chessman in Ojcow belongs to a gather of late Gothic secure fortresses titled ‘Eagle’s Nests’. It was shapely on a towering gynaecologist in the 13th century, guarding the vale above Ojcow townsfolk.
Like the chessman in Pieskowej Skale, the residence in Ojcow was a well-fortified defence, which was to support guarantee for the business way. Title has it that it was called Ojcow from the slavic express for begetter, with which Kazimierz the major celebrate his sire - Ladislaus the Unforbearing. Favorite as a traveller direction since the 18th century, the community of Ojcow was a voguish eudaemonia locomote finished the secondment half of the 19th century.
Though destroyed, the Ojcow Hall relic a magnificent range, and especially the gate and the rise are worth noticing. The predominate currently houses an aggregation devoted to the chronicle of the Ojcow Residence. To get from Krakow to Ojcow, propulsion about 15 kilometers on the roadworthy no.94 in the substance of Olkusz, and then ferment paw to Ojcow. Buses from Krakow to Ojcow lose from Helcow Street (the militia is titled UNIBUS) every hour or so.
