Olesko Castle

Olesko Castle thrived from the 13-18^th centuries. It was a strong fortress of old Rus in the 14^th century. Later in the 15^th-16^th the castle was turned into an aristocratic palace, and remodeled in the Italian Renaissance style in the 1620s.  The famous Polish King Jan III Sobieski was born here in 1629. Now it’s a type of museum – housing hundreds of icons, portraits, still-lives, sculptures, furniture, and applied arts.