Palace in Dobrowo, 19th-century palace in Dobrowo, Poland
Palace in Dobrowo is a Neo-Gothic palace built in the mid-19th century, probably on 16th-century foundations, on a small hill at the edge of the village. Its stepped gable contains a cartouche with the von Kleist coat of arms between the second-floor windows above the balcony. The palace-and-park complex covers about 1,750 square metres.
The palace was built in the mid-19th century, most likely on 16th-century foundations, as the seat of the von Kleist family, who owned what is now Dobrowo. After World War II it passed to the State Agricultural Farm in Dobrowo, serving as offices and a village common room. From 1965 to 2000 it housed a primary school, and in 2000 the Polish-Canadian musician and businessman Michael John Oczko bought it from the Tychowo commune.
The palace was the seat of the von Kleist family, whose coat of arms survives in a cartouche on the stepped-gable risalit, between the second-floor windows above the balcony. After 1945 it passed to the state farm and served as offices and a village common room; from 1965 to 2000 it housed a primary school.
The palace stands on a small rise at the edge of Dobrowo, in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The palace-and-park complex covers about 1,750 square metres. Entrances to the underground corridors beneath the park are hidden in the nearby forest, so look for them there rather than on the grounds.
Beneath the palace park runs a network of underground corridors whose entrances are hidden in the nearby forest. The palace itself stands on a small hill at the edge of the village, and its stepped gable carries a cartouche with the von Kleist coat of arms between the second-floor windows above the balcony.
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