Sobański Palace
| Sobański Palace | |
|---|---|
| Pałac Sobańskich w Guzowie | |
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The ruined palace. View from the south. | |
  Location within Poland | |
| General information | |
| Type | Palace |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
| Location | Guzów |
| Country | Poland |
| Coordinates | 52°06′56″N 20°20′05″E / 52.11556°N 20.33472°E |
| Completed | 1880 |
| Client | Feliks Sobański |
| Owner | House of Sobański |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Władysław Hirszel |
Sobański Palace is a Renaissance Revival palace in Guzów, Żyrardów County, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland.
The Polish nobleman Andrzej Ogiński (father of composer Michał Kleofas Ogiński) originally built a brick manor on the Guzów site. During the second half of the nineteenth century, on the order of Feliks Sobański, architect Władysław Hirszel rebuilt the manor house into a grand palace, modelling it on French Loire Valley castles. A landscaped garden designed by Walerian Kronenberg and Franciszek Szanior was built next to the house.
During the First World War the palace was used as a front line hospital, and was virtually destroyed, along with its garden. During the interwar period, it was rebuilt, but after the Second World War the palace was looted for its decorations and furnishings. Later, the palace was used as accommodation for a local sugar factory's employees. In 1992, the Sobański family regained possession of the palace complex.
After many years of dereliction, the house is in a poor condition, and the garden is overgrown with thickets. The old palace chapel (now the Church of St Felix de Valois), along with a section of the garden, is the only part of the property that has been restored.
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References
Bibliography
- Sylwester Rudnik, Historia guzowskiej rezydencji, w: Spotkania z zabytkami 6/2004
- Katalog zabytków sztuki w Polsce. Tom X. Powiat grodzisko-mazowiecki, ISPAN, Warszawa 1967
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Coordinates: 52°06′56″N 20°20′05″E / 52.11556°N 20.33472°E