ntil recently, the castle in Krasiczyn was considered to be homogeneous, built at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. However, research carried out in recent decades has revealed that in the north wing of the castle there are walls of a gatehouse more than half a century older than the existing buildings - this building was built in the years 1540-1550. From the period of the Constitution, it should be concluded that the manor house of which it belonged was built by Jakub of Siecin of Rogala coat of arms, who married Barbara née Orzechowska. Jakub was the progenitor of the Krasicki family. His son Stanisław Krasicki in the second half of the 16th century erected the castle in its present form, and his grandson Stanisław Marcin in the years 1598-1614 finished his father's work.
The Renaissance castle
View of the castle from the west in 1837, Wawel State Art Collection
had a rectangular layout with a spacious courtyard in the middle. Three wings and part of the northern wing were curtains, and the rest of the northern wing was a residential building. On the corners of the rectangular complex, four huge round towers were erected. The entire perimeter of the walls and the tower had numerous arrowslits, which in the southern, eastern and western walls have been partially preserved to this day. The lagoon surrounding the castle from the west and north was a natural protection of the castle walls, while from the south and east a moat was dug and ramparts were built.
This is how it looked like erected by Stanisław until 1580, his son in the years 1598-1614 slowly changed his father's work into a magnificent mannerist residence. Although the entire older castle is stuck in the walls of the later one, Stanisław Marcin completely changed the external appearance
The entrance portal in the photo from the 20s of the twentieth century
of the building. During the reign of Stanisław Marcin, new residential wings were built at the existing curtain walls, the northern wing was extended to the entire length of the northern wall. The towers and other curtains were raised, the courtyard was surrounded by a one-storey cloister, and the loopholes were walled up. Until now, the entrance to the castle led through the gatehouse rebuilt from the existing wooden stronghold, now a new gate with a high clock tower has been erected. The old entrance was bricked up, and from the new one, a scenic and communication artery was led through a wooden bridge over the lagoon and the town towards the San River. Over the next four years, until 1618, the chapel was rebuilt. The castle gained rich stonework, paintings and sgraffito decorations.
In 1530, the then owner of the castle, Jan Tarło, renovated some of the decorations. In the years 1750-1785 it was partially rebuilt, the changes mainly concerned the northern wing. In 1852, all the interiors burned down except for the chapel, and at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries it was rebuilt.
In 1963, several years of conservation began.
The building is one of the leading architectural monuments in Poland. Rich sgraffito decorations have been preserved, attic, towers: Noble, Royal, Papal, Divine, clock tower and arcaded courtyard.
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til recently, the castle in Krasiczyn was considered to be homogeneous, built at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. However, research carried out in recent decades has revealed that in the north wing of the castle there are walls of a gatehouse more than half a century older than the existing buildings - this building was built in the years 1540-1550. From the period of the Constitution, it should be concluded that the manor house of which it belonged was built by Jakub of Siecin of Rogala coat of arms, who married Barbara née Orzechowska. Jakub was the progenitor of the Krasicki family. His son Stanisław Krasicki in the second half of the 16th century erected the castle in its present form, and his grandson Stanisław Marcin in the years 1598-1614 finished his father's work.
