Olesko Castle, Ukraine■ Olesko Castle is located within the borders of the present-day Busk Raion in
Olesko Castle, Ukraine■ Olesko Castle is located within the borders of the present-day Busk Raion in Ukraine. The castle is most famous for being the birthplace of the Polish king Jan III Sobieski (1629-1696), the hero of the Battle of Vienna. He often lived there, and collected many of the artworks displayed in the present-day museum. Another Polish king, King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640-1673), was also born here. It is also said that Bohdan Khmelnytskyi (1595-1657), the most prominent leader of Ukrainian Cossacks spent his childhood years here. ■ The castle features sculptures, paintings, still lives, applied arts, tapestries, period weapons, and objects used in everyday life at the time. Its collection is regarded as one of the richest treasury of Polish art outside borders of Poland. -- source link
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