Walls of the Kazimierzowski City
Walls of the Kazimierzowski City
City walls in Radom , founded in second half of the fourteenth century , is one of the most important elements of the city's former defense system related to the reign of Kazimierz Wielki . These fortifications surrounded the so -called New Radom - current City of Kazimierzów , which was founded in 1350 or 1351 after the destruction of an earlier settlement (Old Radom) probably as a result of the Lithuanian invasion. foundation , on the oval plan with dimensions of about 230–240 m. Their total length was about 1.2 km , the height reached 8 meters , and the thickness to 3 meters . There were shooting ranges throughout the perimeter, and the watch porch was running on the inside . The whole was surrounded by a moat with a palisade , powered by water from the southern stream, as well as the earth embankment .
Radom was then - next to Iłża - the only city of Sandomierz region surrounded by full city walls The walls operated Three main gates :
Lublin Gate - in the eastern part, closed Rwańska Street,
Piotrkowska Gate - on the west, at Szpitalna Street,
Cracow gate (Iłżecka) In the southern part, she led to the road to Iłża and Krakow.
It is the Krakow Gate has survived partly to this day. To this day, the 15th-century Madonna sculpture has also survived. Originally under it there was a stone with the inscription:
"Opus REGNI Casimiri 1357" .
The tower and the Royal Castle
The defensive wall system strengthened about 30 tower , open from the city. One original tower has survived at ul. Wałowa, next to the Krakow gate. The next one was reconstructed at ul. Szewska , and the course of others was marked on the Square of the Radom-Wileńska Union .
Royal castle , which is a separate defense team adjacent to the walls, was also established in the fourteenth century. Rebuilt in the 16th century in the Renaissance style by Mikołaj Szydłowiecki, it was seriously destroyed during the Swedish invasion. Today, his remains belong to the presbytery of the parish church .
Destruction and preserved fragments
along with changes in martial art and urban planning, the walls began to lose their function. About 1815 were demolished, and new streets were marked out in their place: Wałowa and Spacerowa (now Reja) .
Fragments of the city walls have survived to this day :
at ul. Wałowa (with the tower and the remains of the Krakow gate),
in the form of reconstructed fragments at ul. Szewska ,
and as the symbolically marked course of the fortifications on the square of the Radom-Wilina Union.
