Poland · Restored
Tykocin Castle
Zamek w Tykocinie
Tykocin Royal Castle is a 15th‑century brick stronghold on the right bank of the Narew in Tykocin, Poland, rebuilt and expanded in the 16th century to serve as a royal residence. The original layout was a trapezoid around a central courtyard with four cylindrical corner towers and surrounding bastion fortifications. The residential west wing has been reconstructed from preserved plans and the site has been restored in the 21st century.
First raised
1401
Its prime
1565
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1565
What Tykocin Castle looked like in its prime.
A compact trapezoid plan of red brick buildings set on a coursed fieldstone plinth, with four cylindrical corner towers linked by continuous brick curtain walls. The towers are rounded, of several storeys with narrow vertical window slits and steep conical or pyramidal tiled roofs; the residential west wing rises under a steep gabled red‑tile roof with regularly spaced rectangular windows. Low bastion earthworks and fortification curtains surround the complex, and a central cobbled courtyard sits within.
Its story
The story of Tykocin Castle.
Tykocin Royal Castle is a 15th-century brick stronghold on the right bank of the river Narew, laid out as a trapezoid around a central courtyard with four cylindrical corner towers and an outer ring of bastion fortifications. In the 16th century it was rebuilt and expanded to serve as a royal residence.
In the 1560s, on the death of the last member of the Goštautas family, the castle became the property of King Sigismund II Augustus, who expanded it. Under his reign Tykocin held an impressive treasury and library, and served as the main arsenal of the crown.
The castle fell into ruin in the 18th century. Reconstruction began in 2002: the residential west wing has been rebuilt from preserved plans, and the site has been restored through the 21st century.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1565.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Tykocin Castle, including 4 interiors: interior of the residential west wing (late gothic style), royal treasury room where the king's collection was kept, royal library and book repository and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more rooms, more angles, and more of the place to stand in.
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Clans who held Tykocin Castle.
The families that held Tykocin Castle for a decade or more across its history, follow a name to its clan.
Goštautas
Held by the Goštautas family until the death of its last member in the 1560s, when the castle passed to King Sigismund II Augustus.
