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Pałac w Dobrzycy

Poland · 18th century

Founded
1798
Location
Dobrzyca
Coordinates
51.8656°, 17.6053°
Pałac w Dobrzycy in Poland
Photo: LukaszKalisz · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Pałac w Dobrzycy is a Classicist palace located in the south-eastern part of Dobrzyca. It stands in a picturesque landscape park kept in the English style. It was built in the years 1798–1799 by a leading architect of the Classicist era, Stanisław Zawadzki, creator among other things of the palace in Śmiełów and the palace in Lubostroń, for the adjutant and head of the military chancellery of King Stanisław August, General Augustyn Gorzeński. Since 1 January 2019 the palace and park complex has had the status of a Monument of History.

The palace houses the Muzeum Ziemiaństwa w Dobrzycy Zespół Pałacowo-Parkowy, opened to visitors in 2005; the present director of the museum is Wiesław Kaczmarek.

Machine-translated from “Pałac w Dobrzycy” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Pałac w Dobrzycy ranks #8,524 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #341 of the 455 mapped in Poland. Founded 1798, it is older than 13% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 757 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Poznań, 76 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

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