A Walk around Castle Hill in Cieszyn

It was right here that Polish statehood was born – from Cieszyn’s Castle Hill, members of the Piast dynasty ruled the Duchy of Cieszyn for almost 400 years. Its most valuable monument is the Romanesque rotunda of St Nicholas – one of the oldest masonry monuments in the Polish lands, familiar from the 20-złoty banknote. Next to it rises the Gothic Piast Tower from the 14th century.

We prepared a walk from the Piast Tower past the tower of last defence and the viewing terrace overlooking Český Těšín to the rotunda, the Habsburgs’ Hunting Palace and the Monument to the Silesian Legionnaires. The Polish-language recordings were made in versions for adults and for children.