Palaces

Dzieduszycki Palace in Zarzecze

Above the Mleczka, a tributary of the Wisłok, on a hill in the village of Zarzecze in Przeworsk County stands the classicist Dzieduszycki Palace of 1807–1810. The residence was raised for Magdalena Morska née Dzieduszycka, and the countess went beyond the role of founder — she co-created the design of the complex and furnished the interiors in the Empire style.

A family home and a refuge

In February 1819 the palace hosted a gathering described in the diary of the memoirist Franciszek Ksawery Prek. For over 100 years, until 1944, the residence remained the home of the Dzieduszycki family and a centre of the region's social life. The palace sheltered guests both after the November Uprising and during the war — in 1942 Fr. Stefan Wyszyński, the future Primate of Poland, hid here under the name of „sister Cecylia". After Magdalena's death in 1847 the estate passed to her brother Józef Kalasanty, then to her nephew Włodzimierz.

The rotunda and the park

On the southern side a rotunda modelled on the Sybil Temple in Puławy adjoins the main body, and on the east an orangery leans against the walls. A church inspired by the Parisian church of La Madeleine was planned on the neighbouring hill; it was only completed by the founder's nephew Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki. The early-19th-century park is among the oldest in the region: oaks about 500 years old grow here, and an old channel of the Mleczka was turned into a pond with an artificial island.

In practice

Since 23 April 2008 the palace has housed a museum — a branch of the Museum in Jarosław, showing among other things original furniture. The complex was listed in the register of monuments in 1986. Visiting: Wed–Sat 9:00 am–5:00 pm, Sun 11:00 am–7:00 pm, Mon and Tue closed. Contact: +48 16 640 15 14.