in the remains of the castle. After the destruction of 1657, the complex was not rebuilt, and by the early 18th century, it was a ruin. In 1789, the Sejm assigned money for its reconstruction, and assigned the task to Starosta of Rawa, Feliks Lanckoroński. His efforts most likely failed, as by 1794 the castle was abandoned. Prussian authorities ordered its demolition, in order to gain building materials. As a result, only the tower remained, with fragments of walls. In 1601 Carl Gyllenhielm, the so-called royal bastard, was brought to Rawa. Gyllenhjelm was captured in Valmiera by Lithuanians of Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł and Poles of Jan Zamoyski, during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–11). It is not known how long the Swedish official was kept here. Another famous prisoner of the Rawa Castle was Wawrzyniec Gradowski, a sorcerer and courtier of King Stephen Bathory, who in 1578 tried to poison him. Gradowski was locked in the castle, and died there. Other notable landmarks include the Baroque churches of the Immaculate Conception and of the Assumption. Notable people Halina Konopacka (1900–1989), discus thrower, Olympic champion Edward Pietrzyk (1949–2021), military officer and diplomat Janusz Wojciechowski (born 1954), politician, EU Commissioner for Agriculture Sports The local football club is . It competes in the lower leagues. Twin towns Rawa Mazowiecka is twinned with: Nyírbátor, Hungary Boskovice, Czech Republic See also Rava-Ruska founded in 1455 by Prince Władysław I of Płock References Cities and towns in Łódź Voivodeship Rawa County Rawa Voivodeship Piotrków Governorate Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939) Łódź Voivodeship (1919–1939) Holocaust locations in Poland Nazi war crimes in Poland