Swiecie Castle

Swiecie Castle, a partial destroy located in Swiecie. The partial smash is kept in complete-shape from the bank of the river Vistula and Wda - collectively with a round tower crowned with merlons. The castle is part of a complicated constructed by means of the Teutonic Knights inside the Gothic architectural style. The fortress became built at the site of a Pomeranian dukes' gord - located by means of the web page of the fort. Formerly the fort had four nook towers, certainly one of which survived. The fortress is surrounded by way of a defensive wall and a moat.

In 1410 the fort was looted via Polish forces obliterated the fortress. The fortress changed into owned through the Kingdom of Poland after the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466. In the 16^th century, Castellan Konopacki reconstructed the castle into the Renaissance architectural fashion. The castle become devastated after the Deluge and for the reason that then changed into no longer rebuilt. The castle turned into moreover devastated after Prussian forces used the fort as schooling grounds. Currently the citadel houses a museum, with the tower and citadel renovated.