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Bishops' Castle - a Walk Through the Tower, the Galleries and the Interiors

Eight stops: from the tower and painted galleries through the castle's service spaces to the bishops' apartments and the chapel.

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  • Starts atThe Castle Tower
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About the route

The walk begins at the castle tower, whose interior once housed an oratory, a treasury and a prison cell. It continues through the galleries with their Gothic paintings to the cellars, the residence's former service spaces. The Great Refectory and the Assembly Hall then introduce the ceremonial part of the castle: vaults, wall decoration and changes in how the rooms were used.

The next stops are the bishops' apartments and the exhibition about Ignacy Krasicki in the former serving room. Here the subjects are domestic life, collecting and the everyday running of the court. The walk ends in the Chapel of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, with Rococo altars, biblical scenes and an organ built in 1760.

Stops along the way (8)
  1. Ilustracja Zamku Biskupów Warmińskich w Lidzbarku Warmińskim1Route stopThe Castle TowerA tower containing Watzenrode's oratory, a former treasury and a prison cell, with different uses on successive levels.Quiz
  2. Ilustracja Zamku Biskupów Warmińskich w Lidzbarku Warmińskim2RoomThe Arcaded GalleriesTwo levels of stone arcades and Gothic wall paintings, with reconstructions displayed separately from the surviving originals.Quiz
  3. Ilustracja Zamku Biskupów Warmińskich w Lidzbarku Warmińskim3RoomThe Castle CellarsVaulted service spaces, former stores and a prison, with exhibitions exploring archaeology and the history of the building.Quiz
  4. Ilustracja Zamku Biskupów Warmińskich w Lidzbarku Warmińskim4RoomThe Great RefectoryA lofty assembly hall with Gothic murals, the bishops’ coats of arms and a collection of religious art.Quiz
  5. Ilustracja Zamku Biskupów Warmińskich w Lidzbarku Warmińskim5RoomThe Assembly HallA hall with colourful Gothic decoration, once divided to accommodate a library, archives and a picture gallery.Quiz
  6. Ilustracja Zamku Biskupów Warmińskich w Lidzbarku Warmińskim6RoomThe Bishops' ApartmentsFormer living rooms with a fireplace, traces of a bathhouse and paintings uncovered after a later partition was removed.Quiz
  7. Ilustracja Zamku Biskupów Warmińskich w Lidzbarku Warmińskim7RoomIgnacy Krasicki's StudyAn exhibition about the bishop and poet in a former serving room, with landscapes painted during his lifetime.Quiz
  8. Ilustracja Zamku Biskupów Warmińskich w Lidzbarku Warmińskim8Sacred placeThe Castle ChapelA Gothic chapel with Rococo altars, biblical paintings and an eighteenth-century organ.Quiz
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Where to find it
Bishops' Castle in Lidzbark Warminski
Author or origin
Live Story - propozycja redakcyjna
Reference
RTE-ZB-01
  • castle walk
  • Gothic architecture
  • museum interiors