Bulhak Palace in Žyličy, Neoclassical palace in Žyličy, Belarus
Bulhak Palace is a Neoclassical residence with a symmetrical facade and columns framing the front entrance. The structure features multiple wings connected by formal spaces designed for both daily living and grand occasions.
The palace was built in the 1830s for the Bułhak family and follows late classical design principles of that era. It represents the type of grand residence that nobility constructed across the region during that period.
The estate is also called "Dobosna" after the river five kilometres away. Its park was laid out from 1825 by Ignacy Bułhak with his father-in-law Józef Ślizień, while his wife Izabela, trained at Msciz, chose roses, narcissi, tulips and gooseberry bushes and supervised gardeners Blank, Gebhardt and Karas. A regional festival, "Vierasniowski fest. Palac u Žyličach", was held here on 23 September 2023.
The complex lies in Žyličy on the Dobosna river, about 5 km from the Dobosna agro-town in Kirovsky district. The surviving park covers 18 ha of the roughly 100 ha estate, with the palace as its centre; the regular parterre lies before the main facade, the landscape section beyond. Ruins of a bath pavilion, gazebos and bridges remain, and the restored palace houses a museum and music school.
Four portraits of the Bułhak family, including works by Jan Damel, are now held in the Oryol Museum of Fine Arts in Russia; much of the family archive and paintings were probably taken there during one of the world wars.
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