Palace in Czacz, Palast in Polen
The Palace in Czacz is a brick building in Greater Poland with three stories and a mansard roof, set on a small hill within a surrounding park. The rectangular structure features long galleries supported by columns that run along both sides, connected to smaller outbuildings through gates that frame the main entrance.
The palace was built around 1650 by Italian architect Krzysztof Banadura Senior in the early Baroque style with two towers and two stories. After a fire in 1709, the Szołdrski family rebuilt it, and later the Żółtowski family made changes, adding a new main section with a colonnade between 1848 and 1851.
The palace served as the residence of noble families whose daily life is reflected in how the rooms were organized and used. The library with around ten thousand books shows how the owners valued learning and shared knowledge with local people and students.
The palace is located in central Czacz, just south of Kościan along a main road between Poznań and Wrocław, making it easy to find. The surrounding park is open to the public for walking and exploring, though a bypass road built in the 1970s has altered parts of its original layout.
The palace housed a large private library of around ten thousand books in multiple languages, which the owner intentionally kept accessible on open shelves rather than behind glass doors so anyone could use them freely. The family did not own a car until 1935 when they purchased a Ford, relying instead on various carriages and wagons for transport.
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