Willa Baszta

Villa Baszta in Krakow is an architecturally remarkable building on the edge of Wolski Forest in the Przegorzały district. The architect Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz built the property for himself between 1928 and 1929 in the form of a medieval rotunda on a wooded rock that he had acquired from a Camaldolese monastery. During the German occupation, the villa was confiscated and at times served as the residence of Otto Wächter, before a Wartenberg Castle-style addition was built later on. Today the building is used by Jagiellonian University. Visitors appreciate the sweeping views to the south as far as the Tatra Mountains and Babia Góra, as well as the proximity to the Skałki Przegorzalskie nature reserve, which stretches out below the villa.