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ul. Zamkowa 1, Łęczyca
The castle in Łęczyca is a brick stronghold built in the 14th century during the reign of Casimir the Great, on an artificial mound ringed by a moat fed from the Bzura river. It is the most important monument in town and one of the better preserved royal fortifications in central Poland.
Banners from Greater Poland set out from here for Grunwald, and after the battle captives were held at the castle while ransom was arranged. In the 16th century Jan Lutomierski had the building remodelled in Renaissance style. From the 17th century it declined, in the 19th century it fell into ruin, and reconstruction begun before the Second World War was completed in the 1970s.
Today the castle houses a museum with eight exhibition rooms devoted to the history of the town and the region, and the tour ends with a passage through a tunnel to the octagonal tower, which serves as a viewpoint. A separate thread is the legend of the devil Boruta, guardian of the treasures of Łęczyca, present both in the exhibition and in local tradition. The high walls and the brick defensive tower on the south-west side are impressive from the outside alone.
Source: https://www.muzeumleczyca.pl/
