1. Eagles Nests is a system of 25 castles and watchtowers guarding old Polish border with Kingdom of Czech . They are located on inaccessible calcareous rocks of the KrakowCzestochowa Upland.

2. Eagles Nests Trail is a tourist trail in Poland which runs through Silesian and Malopolskie voivodeship (county). The trail goes from Krakow to Czestochowa and it is 163 km long. Idea of founding Eagles' Nests Trail was initiated by Kazimierz Sosnowski in 1948. Two years later trail was created but during next years it was changed many times to show the most attractive areas of the Krakow Czestochowa Upland. 3. In the middle ages Polish king Casimir III The Great created a fortified system of castles and watchtowers which guarded Polish borders and trade routes.Castle in Ogrodzieniec 4. Castle in Pieskowa Skala is located on the area of Ojcowski National Park on Krakw Czstochowa Upland. Castle, previously gothic, was built in the middle of 14th century by Casimir The Great in place of a former wooden building. Castle has a shape of trapezoid. There is a beautiful courtyard from the end of 16thcentury. It is decorated with twenty-one masks. The castle is also known from fifty-six meters deep well which is cut in the rocks. 5. Where does the name of a castle come from? In the Middle Ages there was a beautiful girl called Dorotka (Dorothy). She was in love with brave and young knight. He was poor so her family forced her to marry old but rich owner of the castle. However the knight still visited her in the castle pretending to be a musician. One day the couple was caught. The knight was killed and Dorotka was imprisoned. She was saved by her dog which was bringing food to her cell. When her husband died she was set free and from that time the castle is called Pieskowa Skala (Dog's Rock) to honor her faithful dog. 6. Herkules Club is one of the most characteristic natural rock sculptures in Poland. You can see it near the Pieskowa Skala castle. It was formed by activity of water and wind. It is 25 meters high. This rock had different names in the past. They were refering to the legends about it. 7. One of the legends says that in the past a bad wizard called Jan Twardowski signed the agreement with a Devil. According to it the Devil was supposed to fulfill his three wishes and in return Twardowski would give him his soul. One of the Twardowskis orders for the Devil was moving to the area of Ojcowski Park a very big rock and placing it upside down. Devil made it and that is the origin of the rock called today the Herkules Club. 8. According to the another legend in the past Ojcowski Park was a place of activity of the dragon. The dragon was eating cattle belonging to local people or abducting young ladies. King Krak from Cracow became so angry with it that he came to Ojcow and killed the dragon using a big club. Then he placed it in the entrance to Ojcowska Valley as a warning to everyone who was travelling to Cracow with bad intentions. 9. Authors: Martyna Bilska Neli Skoryska Dominik Franik Piotrek Hudzik