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Wieś Paszowice
The tower stands on the summit of Bazaltowa Góra (368 m above sea level), a hill rising above Paszowice in the Kaczawskie Foothills. It was built of broken basalt — the rock that gave the whole hill its name. It is about ten metres high and takes the form of a round turret, its entrance framed by a neo-Gothic portal of clinker brick. A date carved into one of the steps points to the beginning of the twentieth century.
Two flights of stairs lead to the terrace: an external one laid from basalt stones and an internal granite one. The building now has three storeys — one was removed during renovation in the nineteen-nineties. Be warned that the surrounding trees have grown tall and the view from the platform is today largely obscured.
This is a target for a short walk rather than a full day out — it takes about a quarter of an hour to reach the top from the village along a forest path. The area is a typical volcanic landscape of the Kaczawskie Foothills: basalt cones, former quarries and a network of marked trails in the Chełmy Landscape Park.
