The castle owes its location to the old settlement tradition: on a hill that at one time had been surrounded on all sides by water A defensive wooden gord stood here as early as the mid-13th century. Having crossed the bridge, we are standing in front of the aged walls of the castle built on an almost regular four-sided plan, comprising four brick buildings on stone foundations, covered with separate hipped roofs, and concentrated around an inner courtyard. It has survived with little change since its construction in 1470–1480, preserving the original structure of the walls, the old interior layout, and the impressive architectural stonework. The castle was built thanks to Jakub Dębiński, coat-of-arms Odrowąż, a prominent political figure of the time, castellan of Kraków, an outstanding lawyer, diplomat and humanist, who could boast of his close relationship to Lorenzo de’ Medici, patron of Italian Renaissance artists. Over the centuries, the castle has been owned by magnate and noble families. The museum of historic interiors (a branch of the Regional Museum in Tarnów) located in the castle, is constantly expanding its collections. At its core is the Sanguszko princely family’s collection. A large part of it consists of donations and deposit transfers – both from private individuals and institutions.