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Sławków
Sławków Castle is now actually dilapidated. It is situated on a hill over the Biała Pszemsza. It was a thirteenth-century stronghold, which belonged to the bishops of Cracow. Its task was to protect access to the town from the direction of Cracow. In 1983-1990, the excavations were conducted on the castle hill called Zamczysko. They uncovered the ruins, and as a result, an archaeological reserve was established here.
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Siewierz
In Siewierz, a historic town full of monuments, located between Katowice and Częstochowa, you might want to find an interesting old manor-like house standing in Kościuszki Street, very close to the parish church. The house was erected by the Frank family, at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The building is covered with a mansard roof. In the second half of the 19th century, it was the seat of the commune authorities. Currently, the building houses, among others, the Chamber of Tradition and Old Culture in Siewierz.
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Ruda Śląska
A small hill fort in the shape of a cone located in Kochlowice (a district of Ruda Śląska), is one of the mysterious traces of the past in this part of Upper Silesia. The remains of the hill fort lie at the confluence of the small Kochłówka rivers and the Przykopa stream. According to archaeologists, from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century there were wooden buildings here. It is possible that the site was the seat of a certain knight or a watchtower on the border of the Silesian principalities.
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Sosnowiec
The remains of the knights’ stronghold in Sosnowiec Zagórz are one of the lesser known historical sites in Zagłębie. The mound with a faint trace of the moat lies adjacent to the church of Saint Joachim. These are the remains of a medieval residence, which was excavated a few years ago. The local findings lead to the conclusion that the surrounding area was an old center of metallurgy as early as the twelfth-century
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Żarki
Wystawa Skamieniałości Jurajskich i Minerałów. Piwnice Klasztorne
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