Pontefract Castle Pontefract Castle Pontefract (or, Pomfret) Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of famous sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War. The castle, on a rock to the east of the town above All Saints' Church, was constructed in approximately 1070 by Ilbert de Lacy. on land which had been granted to him by William the Conqueror as a reward for his support during the Norman Conquest. There is, however, evidence of earlier occupation of the site.
Królowej Jadwigi Street in Bydgoszcz () in 1920. Through history, the street bore the following names: Current street name refers to Queen Jadwiga of Poland (1373/4 - 1399), who reigned as the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland from 1384 until her death in 1399. Tenement at N°1, corner with Garbary street 1890s Eclecticism Initially at "Albertstraße 12", then "Viktoria Straße 8", the tenement had been owned since 1878 by Gustav Modrakowski, a butcher, living at "Feldstraße 7" (today's Jackowskiego street). The corner building displays eclectic features on both facades. On the ground floor, bossage and round top windows topped by young female