Poland · Restored
Pieskowa Skała
Pieskowa Skała is a Renaissance castle built on a Jurassic limestone cliff over the Prądnik valley in southern Poland, part of the Trail of the Eagle's Nests. The present appearance reflects a 16th-century Mannerist reconstruction with later 17th-century bastion and baroque additions; it has been restored and operates as a historic site.
Its prime
1640
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1640
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a pale Jurassic limestone crag above the Prądnik valley, the castle presents a compact, trapezoid plan with two-storey arcaded facades around a courtyard, a converted medieval tower forming a double loggia richly worked in sgraffito, and a roofline of pitched roofs behind curtain walls. By 1640 low earthen-and-stone bastions with a baroque gate and a chapel punctuate the outer defences; masonry is local limestone and plastered sgraffito surfaces are visible on courtyardside elevations.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1640.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Pieskowa Skała — including 3 interiors: trapezoid courtyard with two-storey arcades, double loggia (former medieval tower) with sgraffito, chapel (baroque addition). 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 Pieskowa Skała with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1640 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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