Doggy stone or Peter Rock?

Dog Rock. Visiting and applicable information

Doggy stone Castle or Peter Rock?

Nearly 164 kilometres of the way and 12 castles and their ruins, of course we are talking about the Orlich way of the Nests, where is the castle of Pieskowa Rock, or possibly Piotrowa Rock?

Before we decision on to a brief discussion of our trip, let us consider where the name Pieskowa stone came from. The paper from 1315 mentions the name of the castle as Peskenstein, and the first owner of the fortified buildings in the area was Peszko, or Piotr, due to the fact that in the mediate Ages the name was shortened. So the place was called Peter’s rock, or fundamentally Peshkowa Rock, which later evolved into the current name — Pieskowa Rock.

First The brick castle placed at this place (on the stone of Dorothy) Kazimierz Wielki. Today, small remains of the Gothic character of the castle, as it has undergone many reconstructions and transformations for centuries, the present Renaissance form owes mostly to the reconstructions taking place between 1542 and 1580. After this time, the castle witnessed fires, the Swedish Flood (at which time it was captured), the fighting during the January Uprising, besides became a refuge for Polish children saved from the Volhyńska Reich, made by Ukrainian nationalists.

Unfortunately, until today, the first interior decoration has not survived, everything we can admire is recreated, or alternatively staged, due to the fact that no descriptions have been preserved to recreate the first interiors, and the collections that are presented are collections belonging to the Museum of Royal Castle on Wawel, whose Pieskowa stone is simply a branch.

Some applicable information (at 23.03.2024)

Parking

There is simply a large parking lot under the castle, both for passenger cars and coaches. The price per hr of parking the passenger car is 8 PLN.

How long to buy a seat?

The view of the castle along with the guide, the approach under the herkules club (yes, this is where the celebrated last stands), and a minute of relaxation in the castle cafe should not take longer than 3-3:30 hours.

Ticket prices

We have chosen a guided tour option – route Lock from basement to roof (II) comprising:

→ guided tours exhibitions: European Styles and Fashion in Art and Staropolska Culture with Crypt and Chapel

for this, the price → individual tours exhibitions English Interiors with Collection of Images

11.00 – 17.00, final entrance 15.00

The tour takes place at appointed full hours, for which it is worth making certain before arrival. Tickets are recommended to be bought online.

Ticket costs: average 45 zł, reduced 35 zł

You can buy them. HERE

Visiting the Dog Rock

On the castle hill we climb stairs, on which right we will see the stone of Dorothy, the place where the brick castle stood, erected by Kazimierz Wielki.

Upon reaching the gate, our eyes appear fortified defensive bastions built in the 17th century.

After entering the first courtyard we can see a medieval tower and a gate tower with a clock, from the appropriate place of the walls we can see the hercules club, and castle gardens, which unfortunately cannot be entered.

We besides find a series of plaques indicating that the Norwegian funds (from these funds there are quite a few deviant and degenerate initiatives) sailed a wide river to support the castle, On the board worrying information: Multicultural Republic. Fortunately, at the castle we will not experience besides much of this multiculturalism, possibly in addition to the figures of blacks, supporting fireplace clocks, or the “Egyptian art” of the fashionable time in Europe Fortunately, nothing about guys in tights being LGBTQ+ protoplasms, or that the sacral art being watched is dark and superstitious. Whew.

What can we see in the castle?

The first exhibition to be seen is Staropolska Culture, and on it are images of hetmans, hetmans, elements of weapons, seals, counters, furniture. We will learn about the importance of household values, customs, clothes, and kitchens. All of this in an accessible way told by the guide and presented at exhibitions located in 4 halls.

Then we will go to the exhibition entitled European styles and fashions in art, where we will admire sacral art, from medieval art, through the Renaissance, to the Baroque, wonderful and unique arrassms, furniture (including magnificent chests and closets), as well as arms and lavish bed with canopy. The exhibition then progresses to the time of Rococo and Historianism, and ends at the age of young Polish.

Then we will go to an exhibition discussing the past of Pieskowa Rock, about which I wrote something in the introduction. We'll see 2 models, pictures and photographic documentation, all filled with an interesting communicative from the castle guide.

The culmination of our visit will be visiting the crypt and chapel. The crypt located on the level (and why on the level you will find out during a visit) contains unique, manneristic sarcophagus that do not have their counterparts in our art!

The chapel is partially located in the old part of the castle, where we can see medieval walls, unfortunately its first decor has not been full preserved, the altar is fortunately the right one, due to the fact that it dates from the 17th century and is not an inept reconstruction – as is the case with any chapels – with a modern altar table.

Finally, we can visit the exhibition of English interiors and paintings.

As part of the tour we took, you don't enter Dorothy Rock, but you can do that in another packages. At the end of our stay in the castle, it is worth visiting the castle café, which was closed during our visit and mandatory approach to Hercules' Machuque.

Is it worth it? Of course! Both this castle and others on the Orlich Nest way are our cultural heritage, not only worth taking care of, but besides worth knowing.

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