The complex includes a restored castle together with the Halska (Halshka) tower and auxiliary buildings (outbuilding, etc. ), located in a historical park with a lake and a fountain. The castle complex is very interesting, because it shows traces of time. On the one hand, it is more of a landowner's estate, and on the other hand, if you walk around, you can see that it is a medieval castle, with fortified walls, and a little rejuvenated. It can be seen how the castle was completed and remodeled. Well, a detached tower, so stylistically in itself, but no less interesting. You can walk in the park near the castle for free, but the entrance to the museum is paid.
So, here's an interesting story.
It is recognized that the stone castle in the northern part of the city was built in the second half of the 15th century by a veteran of the Polish-Teutonic wars and a general of the headman of Greater Poland, Piotr of Szamotul, although this opinion has not been proven. The castle often changed hands.
In 1496, Poznan voivode Andrei Petrovich Shamotulsky gave his daughter Katharina half the city of Shamotula in the amount of 2.000 silver fines, and she became a desired bride. Her fate was decided - the greedy and domineering Lukasz 2 Gurka, who loved titles, wooed her (he was an adventurous politician, rushed between different countries and even managed to become a bishop being married with children)
So, in 1511, Lukash II Gó rka became the owner of the castle after his marriage to Katarzyna Szamotulskaya. In 1518 he rebuilt the castle complex in the Renaissance style, and rebuilt a tower called the Halska Tower for residential purposes.
Another modernization took place in 1552, when the later voivode Ł ukasz III Gó rka became the owner of the castle, who found a good use for the tower - settled a princess there who did not want to marry him!
In the Halska Tower, which has survived to this day, they imprisoned Elzhbieta (Galshka in a popular way) Ostrozhskaya, the granddaughter of Zygmunt the Old, known for her beauty and wealth. She was even immortalized in a painting by Jan Matejko. The princess (ksenzhnichka) did not want to agree to an arranged marriage with Lukash III Gurka, but she was forcibly brought to Shamotuly and kept there for 14 years in the tower! By the way, shortly before that, at the age of 14, she was forcibly married to another nobleman, who was eventually killed. Everyone wanted to marry her, but there was no one to protect her (her father died). She escaped from Lukash and secretly married another - Prince Simeon Slutsky (whom she fell in love with), but she was caught and returned ...Soon they killed Simeon and sent her his hand with a wedding ring so that she would still live with Lukash ...do not be born beautiful and rich, be born happy...
After being imprisoned in the tower, her only entertainment was to indulge in religious pastime, since the tower was connected to the church by an underground passage. And they didn't let her go anywhere else. They were allowed to read books. Gurka generally ordered that a mask be put on her so that no one would see her and be tempted. People called her the "black princess" because of the mourning clothes she wore.
According to some reports, in the end, Elzbieta Ostrozhskaya went crazy and died shortly after the death of her unloved husband. According to historical information, after the death of Lukash, she became free and went to Dubno to her uncle, with the intention of getting married again. Information about her mental illness (about which Polish historians repeat) is not confirmed by historical information, since there is evidence of her active social life - charity for the Ostroh Academy, patronage of churches, speeches in court, testament.
At the end of her life, she returned to Orthodoxy. Halshka died in 1582 at the age of 43 in one of the castles in Podillia…
But, according to the legends, the spirit of Galshka returns to the Shamotul tower… when the young moon comes out from behind the clouds and the moonlight falls on the tower, a female figure in black appears and mourns her unhappy love… It’s good that we arrived in the afternoon…
And now there is a regional museum founded by enthusiasts in 1957, officially the castle building was transferred to the museum only in 1970. Due to the serious destruction of the building, it was decided to carry out repair work. At the same time, the east building was added and the 18th century west building was renovated. In the main building of the museum, the former castle, the interiors are presented. Expensive furniture, decor and household items, expensive fabrics, carpets, Chinese and Western European porcelain, clocks and sculptures. In the hall there is also a genealogy of Shamotulsky and Gurkuv.
The permanent exhibition features about 490 items related to church art, including about 200 icons. The castle also organizes temporary exhibitions, concerts, lectures, readings, patriotic celebrations, anniversary celebrations and poetry meetings, which find a very wide audience.
In general, you can visit this castle, and for those who cannot, there are links:
http://zamek. org. pl/zamek/
http://www. zamkipolskie. com/szam/szam.html
https://www. rmf. fm/bajeczna-polska/show, 994, zamek-gorkow-w-szamotulach.html
So, here's an interesting story.
It is recognized that the stone castle in the northern part of the city was built in the second half of the 15th century by a veteran of the Polish-Teutonic wars and a general of the headman of Greater Poland, Piotr of Szamotul, although this opinion has not been proven. The castle often changed hands.
In 1496, Poznan voivode Andrei Petrovich Shamotulsky gave his daughter Katharina half the city of Shamotula in the amount of 2.000 silver fines, and she became a desired bride. Her fate was decided - the greedy and domineering Lukasz 2 Gurka, who loved titles, wooed her (he was an adventurous politician, rushed between different countries and even managed to become a bishop being married with children)
So, in 1511, Lukash II Gó rka became the owner of the castle after his marriage to Katarzyna Szamotulskaya. In 1518 he rebuilt the castle complex in the Renaissance style, and rebuilt a tower called the Halska Tower for residential purposes.
Another modernization took place in 1552, when the later voivode Ł ukasz III Gó rka became the owner of the castle, who found a good use for the tower - settled a princess there who did not want to marry him!
In the Halska Tower, which has survived to this day, they imprisoned Elzhbieta (Galshka in a popular way) Ostrozhskaya, the granddaughter of Zygmunt the Old, known for her beauty and wealth. She was even immortalized in a painting by Jan Matejko. The princess (ksenzhnichka) did not want to agree to an arranged marriage with Lukash III Gurka, but she was forcibly brought to Shamotuly and kept there for 14 years in the tower! By the way, shortly before that, at the age of 14, she was forcibly married to another nobleman, who was eventually killed. Everyone wanted to marry her, but there was no one to protect her (her father died). She escaped from Lukash and secretly married another - Prince Simeon Slutsky (whom she fell in love with), but she was caught and returned ...Soon they killed Simeon and sent her his hand with a wedding ring so that she would still live with Lukash ...do not be born beautiful and rich, be born happy...
After being imprisoned in the tower, her only entertainment was to indulge in religious pastime, since the tower was connected to the church by an underground passage. And they didn't let her go anywhere else. They were allowed to read books. Gurka generally ordered that a mask be put on her so that no one would see her and be tempted. People called her the "black princess" because of the mourning clothes she wore.
According to some reports, in the end, Elzbieta Ostrozhskaya went crazy and died shortly after the death of her unloved husband. According to historical information, after the death of Lukash, she became free and went to Dubno to her uncle, with the intention of getting married again. Information about her mental illness (about which Polish historians repeat) is not confirmed by historical information, since there is evidence of her active social life - charity for the Ostroh Academy, patronage of churches, speeches in court, testament.
At the end of her life, she returned to Orthodoxy. Halshka died in 1582 at the age of 43 in one of the castles in Podillia…
But, according to the legends, the spirit of Galshka returns to the Shamotul tower… when the young moon comes out from behind the clouds and the moonlight falls on the tower, a female figure in black appears and mourns her unhappy love… It’s good that we arrived in the afternoon…
And now there is a regional museum founded by enthusiasts in 1957, officially the castle building was transferred to the museum only in 1970. Due to the serious destruction of the building, it was decided to carry out repair work. At the same time, the east building was added and the 18th century west building was renovated. In the main building of the museum, the former castle, the interiors are presented. Expensive furniture, decor and household items, expensive fabrics, carpets, Chinese and Western European porcelain, clocks and sculptures. In the hall there is also a genealogy of Shamotulsky and Gurkuv.
The permanent exhibition features about 490 items related to church art, including about 200 icons. The castle also organizes temporary exhibitions, concerts, lectures, readings, patriotic celebrations, anniversary celebrations and poetry meetings, which find a very wide audience.
In general, you can visit this castle, and for those who cannot, there are links:
http://zamek. org. pl/zamek/
http://www. zamkipolskie. com/szam/szam.html
https://www. rmf. fm/bajeczna-polska/show, 994, zamek-gorkow-w-szamotulach.html
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