![]() In 1530-1545, Jan’s nephew, Seweryn Boner, made a great reconstruction of the medieval stronghold into a lategothic – renaissance residence. In 1522 he became the king’s grand governor of Kraków (magnus procurator) and the main banker of king Sigismund the Old. As a talented trader and banker, he quickly climbed the career ladder: in 1493 he became the owner of a tenement house on the Kraków market square, in 1498 he sat on the city council, and from 1515 he managed saltworks in Wieliczka. Initially, they moved to Wrocław in Silesia, and in 1483 Jan Boner settled in Kraków. After them, subsequent owners changed quite often, until in 1523 it came to the hands of the Boner family. In 1470, the castle was bought by wealthy Cracovian townsmen, Imbram and Piotr Salomons. After the death of Przedbor, Ogrodzieniec returned to the hands of the ruler, but already in 1386, king Władysław Jagiełło granted it with an extensive estate to the Cracow’s Cup-bearer Włodek from Charbinowice. Its first known owner was the marshal of the Kingdom of Poland, Przedbór z Brzezia, who received local goods from king Casimir the Great. The castle was erected around the middle of the 14th century. Otherwise manybe not so much.View of the castle in the second half of the 19th century according to N.Orda So if you are into American cars between 1900-1960-ish, then this will be interesting for you. The stories around each vehicle, displayed in front of them are fun and interesting and paint a picture of an man with a burning passion for old cars and airplanes. Still, I liked the museum for a one time visit. They are “shells” with an interior that doesn’t match the outside. While many of the vehicles still are functional, no care seems to have been taken to the interiors of them. He collected what he could get his hand on, no plan. However, even here, the museum lacks directions. The airplane collection is better due to the fact that he managed to collect many of the Swedish airplanes with some extra stuff around. ![]() After Svedino, no new additions seems to have been made making the museum quite static and “fixed” which from a car museum point of view is quite boring to me. ![]() He collected cars at an impressive rate, but mainly American cars (there are a few Volvos too). This museum really is Svedino’s museum more than a car and aeroplane museum since the collection is his and pictures his interests more than anything else. ![]()
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