Ilustracja Zamku w Oporowie
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Thematic route

A residence on the water: from the gate to the lion steps

A walk through the Gothic castle of the Oporowski family, from the gate and tower, through the chapel and first-floor chambers, to the Orsetti park.

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  • Starts atThe castle island with its moat
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About the route

The route starts at the castle gate, where since around 1840 a Neo-Gothic portal has led onto the island surrounded by the moat.

From the courtyard it leads to the oldest part of the castle, the corner tower, and to the chapel in the east tower with the Sulima coat of arms on its keystone. Upstairs come the chambers with 17th-century painted ceilings, the story of the weapons cache and the manor interiors exhibition.

It ends in the Orsetti park, by the stone steps down to the moat decorated with lion sculptures, overlooked by the windows of the Knights' Hall.

Stops along the way (7)
  1. Ilustracja Zamku w Oporowie1Point of interestThe castle island with its moatThe small late Gothic fortified residence of the Oporowski family on an island surrounded by a moat, with a gate remodelled around 1840.Quiz
  2. Ilustracja Zamku w Oporowie2RoomThe castle towerThe corner tower of the Gothic castle, which began as a small fortified house in the time of Mikołaj of Oporów, Voivode of Łęczyca.Quiz
  3. Ilustracja Zamku w Oporowie3Sacred placeThe castle chapelThe castle chapel on the upper floor of the semi-elliptical tower, with a rib vault and the Sulima coat of arms on its keystone.Quiz
  4. Ilustracja Zamku w Oporowie4RoomChambers with painted ceilingsFirst-floor chambers where Gothic portals and 17th-century painted ceilings were uncovered during the 1962-1965 conservation.Quiz
  5. Ilustracja Zamku w Oporowie5Point of interestThe hidden weapons cacheA collection of weapons from the 18th and mid-19th centuries, found in a hiding place under the floor during the conservation of the castle.Quiz
  6. Ilustracja Zamku w Oporowie6RoomThe manor interiors exhibitionA permanent exhibition of noble culture with works of art and craft from the 16th to the early 20th century, some linked to the former owners of the castle.Quiz
  7. Ilustracja Zamku w Oporowie7Point of interestThe Orsetti landscape parkThe historic park around the castle, shaped in the late 1830s, with canals, ponds and steps down to the moat decorated with lion sculptures.Quiz
Details
Where to find it
Oporów castle and park · Castle
Author or origin
Live Story - propozycja redakcyjna
Reference
RTE-ZOP-01
  • castle
  • Gothic
  • manor interiors
  • park