Poland · Ruin
Krzyżtopór
Krzyżtopór is a grand early 17th-century palazzo-in-fortezza built near Ujazd by Krzysztof Ossoliński. Sited on a rocky hill and surrounded by a moat, its long curtain walls, bastions and four corner towers combined palace living quarters and defensive works; the complex was largely ruined after mid-17th and 18th-century wars.
Its prime
1644
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1644
The shape it held in its prime.
Large palazzo-in-fortezza occupying a rectangular 1.3-hectare platform on a rocky hill, surrounded by a moat and continuous curtain walls punctuated by bastions and four prominent corner towers. The roofline comprises pitched and hipped roofs over the palace ranges and tower caps; façades pierced by a very large number of regularly spaced windows (tradition records 365). The main gate bears heraldic cross and axe motifs and the carved date 1631; stone masonry and ashlar facing complete the 1644 silhouette.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1644.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Krzyżtopór — including 4 interiors: main dining room with aquarium ceiling, service pantries and dumbwaiter shaft, western residential wing and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Krzyżtopór with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1644 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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