Pieskowa Skała Castle in Ojców National Park, Poland, was first mentioned before 1315, and the article credits Casimir III the Great with building it in the first half of the 14th century, a conflict it does not reconcile. Niccolò Castiglione rebuilt it from 1542 to 1544 for Stanisław Szafraniec. The infobox gives Renaissance and Mannerism.
The trapezoid courtyard has arcades added from 1557 to 1578, with 21 mascarons, and the old medieval tower became a sgraffito double loggia. The castle sits on a limestone cliff. In 1640 Michał Zebrzydowski added bastions, a baroque gate and a chapel. The article gives no dimensions.
A fire in 1718 destroyed the castle, and it was rebuilt as the seat of the Wielopolski family. The Pieskowa Skała Society bought it in 1903, and it was later restored by the Polish state. It now holds a museum with artworks.
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