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[4K] early medieval settlement in Giecz, Poland

#drone #dronevideo #drones #historia 📜 object history: The first historical mention of the stronghold in Giecz appeared in the 12th-century Polish Chronicle of Gallus Anonymus when describing the military power of Bolesław the Brave: "For [he had] 1,300 armored men and 4,000 shield bearers from Poznań, 1,500 armored men and 5,000 shield bearers from Gniezno, 800 armored men and 2,000 shield bearers from the city of Włocławek, 300 armored men and 2,000 shield bearers from Giecz, all those brave and skilled in the war craft performed [to battle] in the times of Bolesław the Great." Giecz was listed among the most important towns of the state of the first Piast dynasty. The foundation itself, however, was much older and was built at the turn of the 8th and 9th centuries. Interestingly, the stronghold was not demolished and rebuilt, as was the case with other large settlements in Greater Poland, which some scientists associate with the theory that it was from Giecz that the Piast dynasty came from, and from there the process of uniting (and conquering) the surrounding lands and castles. In later years, the gord was gradually expanded, but it did not protect it from the destruction caused by the army of the Czech prince Bretislaus I in 1038: "And when he came to the city of Giecz, the inhabitants of Giecz and the peasants who had taken refuge there, not feeling strong enough to endure the prince's blows, came out to meet him carrying a golden branch, which was a sign of surrender, and humbly asked that they be in peace with their flocks and other appurtenances to Bohemia.The prince, acceding to their requests, having brought them to Bohemia, gave them a considerable part of the forest called Černin, appointing one of them as their head and judge, and decreed that they, as well as their descendants, should live forever according to the rights they had in Poland, and from the city they came from, they are still called Gieczany today." After these events, the city in Giecz lost its importance. Although it was the seat of the castellany from the times of Casimir the Restorer (mid-11th century), it was abandoned already in the 14th century. The most important remnants of Giecz's heyday include: ramparts of the stronghold, as well as the foundations of the palatium (palace) with a chapel in the form of a rotunda located inside the ramparts. This facility probably dates from the 1080s, but was never completed. There was a Romanesque church in the stronghold (in 1240 the call of St. John the Baptist is certified, but there is no information whether it was the original call). On the site of the former temple, there is now a later wooden building.