Recovered Hoards
The Środa Treasure
Pawned ~1348 · found 1985 to 88 · Środa Śląska, Poland
Recovered (museum)The prize. A royal crown and medieval gold, among the most valuable hoards ever found
Where. Środa Śląska, Poland
Status. Recovered (museum)
Where. Środa Śląska, Poland
Status. Recovered (museum)
The account
Demolition crews renovating an old Polish town turned up, in the rubble, a king's ransom: gold florins, jewelled rings, and a woman's crown believed to have belonged to an empress, regalia pawned to the town's financiers by Charles IV himself. Some pieces were reportedly pocketed before the rest was saved. What remains is one of Europe's great medieval finds.
How it was found
- During building renovations in Sroda Slaska, Poland, in the late 1980s, workers found a medieval royal treasure, a golden crown and jewels, hidden in the walls and cellars and forgotten for centuries.
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