Mirów Castle is a castle located in Książ Wielki which currently housing the

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Institution and an

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School. There is a museum in the castle. The castle is located in Książ Wielki,

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; in

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. The castle was the residence of the House of Myszkowski. It was designed and built in between 1585-1595 by

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, by an order of the Bishop of

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Piotr Myszkowski. During the first quarter of the eighteenth century, the castle went into the hands of the

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family, and was reconstructed in a

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style. The castle is part of a tourist trail and program called the ''Trail of the Renaissance in Lesser Poland'' (''Szlak Renesansu w Małopolsce'', Polish), made by the Association of Justus Ludwik Decjusz. In 1601 the Pińczów Estate was founded and the "Na Mirowie" palace (the name derived from the older seat of the Myszkowskis in Mirów) served as one of its main seats. In 1729, after the Myszkowskis died out, the palace and the estate was passed into the hands of the Wielopolski family.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mirow Castle in Ksiaz Wielki Buildings and structures completed in 1595 Castles in Lesser Poland Voivodeship Miechów County