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Łódź
The Izrael Poznański Palace in Łódź (say "WOODGE") is the grandest factory owner's residence in Poland and the best place to see how a 19th-century textile boomtown made its fortunes. Locals call it the "Louvre of Łódź." Today it houses th…
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Jedlina-Zdrój
In 1944 the construction of the Riese complex in the Owl Mountains was run from this white palace in Jedlina-Zdrój: it housed the Organisation Todt's construction headquarters, and the building itself bore the code name "Villa Erika". Toda…
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Będzin
Not far from Będzin Castle, in the Gzichów district, stands a palace whose drawing rooms revealed ancient commanders – Hannibal, Pompey and Scipio Africanus – only during restoration work in the late 20th century. The Mieroszewski Palace o…
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Warszawa
The Palace on the Isle in Royal Łazienki (Łazienki: "wah-ZHEN-kee") is Warsaw's most photographed palace and one of the top things to do in the Polish capital. Set on an artificial island in Łazienki Park, it was the summer residence of St…
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Radzyń Podlaski
The Potocki Palace in Radzyń Podlaski (say RAH-jin pod-LAH-skee) is one of the most beautiful Rococo residences in Poland: the work of the architect Jakub Fontana with sculpture by Jan Chryzostom Redler, set in a park with a canal and pond…
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Jarocin
The Radoliński Palace in Jarocin (pronounced "yah-ROH-tseen") is a castle-like Gothic Revival mansion with battlements and turrets, set in a historic park in the middle of a small town in western Poland. It was designed by Friedrich August…
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Jelenia Góra
When fire destroyed Chojnik Castle in 1675, the Schaffgotsch family needed a new seat – and found it at the foot of the same hill. Work on the palace in Sobieszów began in 1705; according to the European Route of Castles and Palaces, it wa…
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Dobrzyca
Dobrzyca Palace (say "dob-ZHIH-tsah") is an elegant Neoclassical country house in the Greater Poland region of western Poland, built in 1798–1799 for General Augustyn Gorzeński, an aide to Poland's last king, Stanisław August. Designed by…
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Koszęcin
Koszęcin Palace (pronounced roughly "ko-SHEN-cheen") is a large late-neoclassical palace in a landscaped park in Silesia, southern Poland, and since 1953 the home of the Śląsk Song and Dance Ensemble – one of Poland's best-known folk ensem…
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Staszów
A 14th-century knights' castle that spent four centuries turning into a Baroque and Neoclassical residence, and now has more than 80 American bison as neighbours. Kurozwęki Palace, 7 km north-west of Staszów, is one of the few places in Po…
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Lewków
Lewków Palace ("LEV-koof"), just outside Ostrów Wielkopolski in western Poland, is one of the earliest classical-style palaces in the Greater Poland region and today a well-presented museum. Its design is attributed to Jan Christian Kamset…
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Lubostroń
Lubostroń Palace (roughly "loo-BOS-tron") is a Neoclassical country house built in 1795–1800 in the Pałuki region of central Poland and modeled on Palladio's famous Villa Rotonda near Vicenza. Set in a 40-hectare English-style landscape pa…
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Nieborów
Nieborów Palace (say "nyeh-BOH-roof") is a Baroque residence of the Radziwiłł princes in central Poland, designed by the Dutch-born architect Tylman van Gameren and now a branch of the National Museum in Warsaw. Together with the romantic…
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Karczew
The baroque palace of the Bieliński family stands on an artificial island in Lake Rokola, a short drive south-east of Warsaw. King Augustus II the Strong was a guest here, and according to tradition he met Tsar Peter I at the palace in 170…
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Rogalin
Rogalin Palace (say "ro-GAH-leen") is the former country seat of the aristocratic Raczyński family on the Warta River, about 20 km south of Poznań. Now a branch of the National Museum in Poznań, it combines three highlights in one visit: p…
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Śmiełów
Śmiełów Palace (roughly "SHMYEH-woof") is an elegant late-18th-century country house in Greater Poland that now holds the Adam Mickiewicz Museum, a branch of the National Museum in Poznań. Mickiewicz is to Poland roughly what Byron or Push…
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Trzebiatów
Trzebiatów Palace (Trzebiatów is pronounced roughly "tsheh-BYAH-toof") is a neoclassical residence on the Rega River in northwestern Poland, about 30 km southwest of the Baltic resort of Kołobrzeg. Built on the site of a medieval stronghol…
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Zarzecze
The first guest at Zarzecze Palace was Princess Izabela Czartoryska herself – no surprise, since Magdalena Morska née Dzieduszycka modelled her residence on Czartoryska's estate at Puławy. The same architect, Christian Piotr Aigner, who de…
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Chroberz
In Chroberz on the Nida river stands a late neoclassical palace designed by Henryk Marconi for Margrave Aleksander Wielopolski, 13th holder of the Pińczów entail (a family estate passed down undivided). The palace and park, built in 1857–1…
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Ostromecko
The Ostromecko Palaces (say "os-tro-METS-ko") are a pair of historic residences on a bluff above the Vistula River, about 14–15 km east of Bydgoszcz in north-central Poland. The Baroque-Rococo Old Palace holds a celebrated collection of hi…
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Poznań
The Poznań Palm House (Palmiarnia Poznańska, say "pahl-MYAR-nya") in Wilson Park is the largest palm house in Poland and one of the largest in Europe: more than 4,600 m² under glass, about 1,100 plant species and an aquarium with some 170…
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Gliwice
The Gliwice Palm House (Palmiarnia Miejska, roughly "pahl-MYAR-nya") is a large botanical glasshouse in Chopin Park in the center of Gliwice, a city in Poland's Upper Silesian industrial region. Its five pavilions hold palms brought here i…
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Wałbrzych
The Wałbrzych Palm House (Wałbrzych is pronounced roughly "VAH-wb-zhikh") is a historic glasshouse built in the early 20th century by the aristocratic owners of nearby Książ Castle. Under its glass dome grow date palms and more than 250 pl…
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Wałbrzych
The Wałbrzych Palm House (say "VAHW-bzhikh") in the Lubiechów district is a historic glasshouse built by Prince Hans Heinrich XV von Hochberg, lord of nearby Książ Castle, for his wife, the British-born socialite Daisy, Princess of Pless.…