Palace in Poręba Żegoty, Noble residence in Poręba Żegoty, Poland

The palace in Poręba Żegoty is a late-Baroque residence rebuilt in the second half of the 18th century from a 17th-century wooden manor of the Koryciński family, and remodelled in the early 20th century to plans by Tadeusz Stryjeński. Only the outbuilding survived the 1945 fire intact. The estate also comprises a granary, a steward's house, a barn, a park with fish ponds, and a stone statue of Saint John Nepomucene dated 1782.

The wooden manor of the Koryciński family was rebuilt in the late Baroque style in the second half of the 18th century for Franciszek Szwarcenberg-Czerny. In 1787 Aleksander Szembek hosted King Stanisław August Poniatowski here. The palace was remodeled around 1900 to plans by Tadeusz Stryjeński for the Szembek family, who owned the estate until 1945. German occupiers ran a rest center for Auschwitz-Birkenau staff in the complex.

This residence shows how regional architecture changed over time, evolving from a wooden manor of the Korycinski family into a late Baroque structure under Franciszek Szwarcenberg-Czerny. The complex reflects the lifestyle and tastes of the local nobility who shaped the building and its surroundings according to their needs and preferences.

The palace itself is a ruin, partly demolished after a fire in January 1945; only the outbuilding (oficyna) survived intact, so the grounds are viewed from outside. The park holds the Szembek mausoleum chapel, fish ponds and a stone figure of Saint John Nepomucene dated 1782. The site lies in Poręba Żegoty, gmina Alwernia, Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland.

The mausoleum chapel, designed by Karol Stryjewski and built 1920–1922, no longer holds the Szembek graves: after desecration following 1945, the remains of Aleksander Szembek, Józef Szembek and Ludwika Wielopolska were moved to the parish cemetery in the late 1970s or early 1980s by Father Wacław Mokosa. Above the facade is an unusual stone figure of the Virgin Mary holding the Child above her head.