Baranów Sandomierski

Baranów Sandomierski
Castle in Baranów Sandomierski

Coat of arms
Baranów Sandomierski
Coordinates:
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Subcarpathian
County Tarnobrzeg
Gmina Baranów Sandomierski
Government
 • Mayor Mirosław Stanisław Pluta
Area
 • Total 9.17 km2 (3.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 1,453
 • Density 158.5/km2 (410.4/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 39-450
Car plates
Website http://www.baranowsandomierski.pl/

Baranów Sandomierski [baˈranuf sandɔˈmjɛrski] is a small town in southern Poland, in the Subcarpathian Voivodship, Tarnobrzeg County on the Vistula River, with 1,440 inhabitants (02.06.2009).[1]

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History

Castle

The town is well known for its picturesque Renaissance castle / palace built in 1591-1606.

It is known as "little Wawel". This castle is a class zero monument. It is believed to be the work of the famous architect, Santi Gucci, the court artist of King Sigismund II Augustus. The castle was built around 1591–1606 for Rafał and Andrzej Leszczyński. Its style comes from the Italian renaissance. By the end of the 17th century, the next owners were the Lubomirscy family, who decided to change the residence. They hired a Dutch architect, who added columns on the inside of the castle courtyard, on which there was a gallery of art by Giovanni Battista (unfortunately all the art was destroyed in two fires in 1848 and 1898).

Jewish History

Before World War II, around 1500 Jews lived in this town.[2]

References

Notes
  1. ^ "Population. Size and structure by territorial division". © 1995-2009 Central Statistical Office 00-925 Warsaw, Al. Niepodległości 208. 2009-06-02. http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_P_population_size_structure_31_12_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
  2. ^ "Jewish Cemeteries in Poland". © 2004-2008, translated by Joanna Kołdras, Andrzej Fister-Stoga. http://www.kirkuty.xip.pl/ulanow.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 

See also

List of cities in Poland