A visit to the ruins of the Czorsztyn Castle starts from the lower castle, which is surrounded by a stone wall and supported by escarpments. This is the youngest part of the castle, built in the 16th century, and is known as ‘przygródek’. There are surviving fragments of the original wall on the ground floor, on either side of the entrance. Where the entrance is now, there was an entry gate with large wooden doors and a small gate, above which was a small room with two windows for the guards. On the right, the walls were adjacent to two shingled stables, and on the left, to the carriage house and granary. The middle part of the lower castle featured a courtyard leading to the first gate of the middle castle. On the eastern side from the entrance to the lower castle, to the east of the gate, are the surviving remnants of a semi-circular tower. Part of the eastern perimeter wall with a gate to the manor house has also survived. In the 1630s, thanks to the starost Jan Baranowski, modernisation was carried out, during which the outbuildings and the manor house were enlarged and two new stables were built. Interestingly, by the path leading to the middle castle, you can see Pieniny pszonak (Erysimum hungaricum) indigenous to Pieniny.
Lower Castle, Czorsztyn
Beacon