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The castle was built around 1390 on a small hill among wet meadows. It owes its name to Mikołaj Nałęcz - the lord of Venice, the judge of Kalisz, who - according to legend - was called the Blood Venetian Devil due to the severity of his judgments. The building was surrounded by a brick wall built on stone foundations supported by slopes. In the north-eastern corner there was a several-storey, four-sided tower, which served as observation and defense functions. The main residential building of the castle was built along the entire western wall. The entrance to the courtyard led through a wooden footbridge and drawbridge from the side of Lake Biskupińskie. An additional defensive element was the moat surrounding the rampart. Then the castle was expanded by the archbishop of Gniezno Mikołaj Trąbe who made it the main seat of the archbishops in Pałuki. Inside the walls, new buildings were erected along the northern wall. Entrance defense has been strengthened by significantly... wyświetl cały opis

The castle was built around 1390 on a small hill among wet meadows. It owes its name to Mikołaj Nałęcz - the lord of Venice, the judge of Kalisz, who - according to legend - was called the Blood Venetian Devil due to the severity of his judgments. The building was surrounded by a brick wall built on stone foundations supported by slopes. In the north-eastern corner there was a several-storey, four-sided tower, which served as observation and defense functions. The main residential building of the castle was built along the entire western wall. The entrance to the courtyard led through a wooden footbridge and drawbridge from the side of Lake Biskupińskie. An additional defensive element was the moat surrounding the rampart. Then the castle was expanded by the archbishop of Gniezno Mikołaj Trąbe who made it the main seat of the archbishops in Pałuki. Inside the walls, new buildings were erected along the northern wall. Entrance defense has been strengthened by significantly expanding the foregate. The entire castle was surrounded by an additional defensive wall. In its corners there are bastions on a circular plan adapted for the use of firearms. The Venetian castle did not function for long. At the end of the 15th century it was abandoned and then demolished. The obtained building material was used to erect a new seat of archbishops in nearby Znin. It was only after World War II that archaeological research made it possible to learn exactly its assumption and development phases. Today, the building remains in permanent ruin, at its foot there are numerous cultural, historical and tourist events, including the inauguration of the tourist season in Pałuki.

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