Palazzo di Podwilcze, Gothic Revival palace in Podwilcze, Poland
Palazzo di Podwilcze is a Gothic Revival residence featuring decorative crenellations, stepped gables, and pointed pinnacles as its main visual elements. A prominent two-story side wing and a tower on the northern facade form the most distinctive parts of the complex.
The village was first recorded in the second half of the 14th century as the seat of the von Podewils family. In 1890 Max von Hewald bought the estate and began a Gothic Revival rebuilding of the palace, completed in 1895, with new farm buildings added nearby. The von Holtzendorff family, owners from 1908, placed their coat of arms in the front gable.
The village was first recorded as the seat of the von Podewils family, and the palace carries the German name Schloss Podewils. Above the biforium column on the stepped gable stands the coat of arms of the von Holtzendorff family, owners from 1908, with three peacock feathers between two buffalo horns and the initials "MvH" of the builder.
The palace is privately owned and not open to visitors; it can be seen from the public road. The adjacent 21.77-hectare park, the largest in the Białogard commune, contains three natural monuments: two beeches with circumferences of 370 and 445 cm and a fir of 335 cm. The tallest tree is a Douglas fir reaching 42 m.
The palace's architects, engineers and builders remain unknown. The main wing rests on foundations of a much older building, identified through analysis of the bricks and their bonding, while the side wing was probably built between 1890 and 1895.
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