Łęczyca (Trip part 2)

… Our next stop was Łęczyca.

According to the wikipedia: Łęczyca or in full: The Royal Town of Łęczyca, Polish: Królewskie Miasto Łęczyca; other names: Lenczyk, Lentschütz, Luntschitz (Hebrew: לונטשיץ‎)) .

The city with it’s beginings in VI-VII century. In fact Łęczyca is one of the oldest Polish cities, officially mentioned as the City in the 12th century with a long history. In fact i was passing by this town many times during my trip by bus to Łódź, i think i didn’t pay attention as a child to the inconspicuous-looking tower nearby the bus station when we were stopping for a few minutes.

During our trip we came especially to see this castle. Nice one – maybe not so astonishing by the size like Malbork for example, but here was different atmosphere – history and the importance which once passed away ages ago…

Inside there was small museum with exhibition of the polish devil – Boruta which is known well here in this region in the legends. But in fact the building with the tower was more interesting – please take a look at the photos from Łęczyca below…

Fist shot – compulsory one – with the drain (manhole ?) – this one from Łęczyca. Unfortunately in Poland you can seldom find one with the name of the city were it lies. On the second photo you can see the tower of the Łęczyca Castle. 3rd is the photo of the corridors which were leading towards the tower – this photo was taken in extremely difficult conditions while walking, holding the camera in one hand, and answering the phone and trying to prepare reasonable answers for questions :)

Okay now some photos from the Tower. Especially the 3rd one with a nice view at the surrounding autumn landscape. Last photo is of the marketplace of Łęczyca with characteristic town hall (1788-90) in the centre of the square.