Baranów Sandomierski Castle is a Mannerist castle in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern Poland. It was built between 1591 and 1606 for Andrzej and Rafał Leszczyński and is attributed to the Italian architect Santi Gucci, court artist of King Stephen Báthory. Its features include richly decorated attics, side towers and an arcaded courtyard. In 1625 Giovanni Battista Falconi decorated the interiors with early Baroque stucco.
Tylman van Gameren rebuilt the castle for Prince Józef Karol Lubomirski after 1683. Fires in 1848 and 1898 destroyed the artworks and the library. Tadeusz Stryjeński oversaw the reconstruction, which included an Art Nouveau chapel with stained glass by Józef Mehoffer.
The castle is known as the little Wawel. It now serves as a historical museum, hotel and conference center.
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