Guest Post: Sir Lancelot of Siedlęcin

History... the interesting bits!

Painted tower in Siedlęcin: the unique residence of an ambitious Silesian duke

Ducal tower of Siedlęcin. Photo courtesy of sekulada.com

The 15th International Castellological Conference „Castrum Bene” took place at Książ Castle, in Lower Silesia, Poland, on 16th – 19th May, 2017. This year’s conference brought together, as it always does,  prominent architectural historians and castellologists from across ten European countries. There were scholars from Pol...