Sanok Castle

The Sanok Royal Castle (Polish: Zamek Krolewski w Sanoku ) is located in the Polish town of Sanok castle high on the banks of the San and today houses the historical museum of the city. The main attraction of Sanok. The in the middle of the 16th century into a Renaissance castle converted old wooden castle houses.

1150, the village was first mentioned in writing, but only in 1339 he got from George II, the city law. On May 2, 1417 the Polish king Władysław II Jagiello married in the parish church of Sanok Elizabeth of Pilitza. After the death of Wladyslaw 1434, his last wife Sophie Holszanska moved back to the castle Sanok. 1523-1548 was the conversion of the Gothic castle in the Renaissance style. 1549 again sought a home fire the city. 1566, a huge fire broke out and finally put almost the entire city in ruins.

Historical Museum in Sanok

On several floors, a collection of icons will be shown on the top floor of native plants from Sanok contemporary artist Zdzisław Beksiński are issued. His whole artistic work bequeathed Zdzisław Beksiński testament to the Historical Museum in Sanok, which he had handed over his lifetime about 300 works. After the artist's death, the museum received about 20 of his last paintings, about a thousand photos and graphics as well as his property: apartments, bank equipment, computer devices. The collections of the museum enlarged also to multimedia recordings, letters and films documenting the family life of the creator. The museum currently owns the largest collection of works by the artist, which includes a few thousand pictures, reliefs, sculptures, drawings, prints and photographs. In 2010, Zdzisław Beksinski Gallery of Modern Art in Sanok was founded by the Polish Minister for Regional Development. The gallery is the only one of its kind in Europe and was inaugurated as the first in the world on 19 May 2012.

Of interest is the collection of icons in the castle of Sanok, all the icons that have emerged in south-eastern Poland from the 14th to the 20th century, as well as the open-air museum in the Biała Góra district, which is the only Ruthenian collection of icons in Poland - it's to Saint Petersburg and Kiev the largest collection - owns.