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Karski Palace in Włostów

Poland · 16th century

Founded
c. 1550
Heritage status
immovable monument in Poland
Location
Włostów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Coordinates
50.7462°, 21.4407°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Karski Palace in Włostów in Poland
Photo: SebaZdworca · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Pałac Karskich we Włostowie is a Neo-Renaissance palace erected in the years 1854–1860 on the commission of Stanisław Karski in the village of Włostów, to a design by Henryk Marconi.

The building was surrounded by a park with an area of about 10 hectares. The palace itself consisted of 30 rooms, including three drawing rooms, a ballroom, a billiard room and a library. The remaining rooms were intended as bedrooms, playrooms and guest rooms; there was also a chapel. The palace and park complex also included a lamus (storehouse), erected much earlier, in the 16th century, which was called the meeting house of the Polish Brethren, although there are no sources that would confirm such an original purpose for the building. On the west the palace was adjoined by an outbuilding with a columned portico, built in the 18th century. Two gates led to the estate: one near the palace itself, with two lions, the other, called the devil's gate, on the park side.

The original structure was rebuilt at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Utilities were brought in: electricity, a telephone line and a water supply. The palace was also equipped with central heating, and in its bathrooms hot and cold water could be used.

The palace at Włostów hosted, among others, Stefan Żeromski, who worked on Popioły (Ashes) at Włostów, and also Achille Ratti, who stayed here as apostolic nuncio. The Bishop of Sandomierz, Marian Ryx, had his residence in the palace.

The palace fell into ruin only after the end of the Second World War, when its rooms were taken over by a State Agricultural Farm. At present there remain of it fragments of the outer walls and the ruins of the lamus. In the period of the Polish People's Republic the palace park also suffered, some of its old trees being felled.

Machine-translated from “Pałac Karskich we Włostowie” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Karski Palace in Włostów ranks #6,433 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #238 of the 455 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 37% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 933 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,416 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Radom, 77 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

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