Racot palace, Classical palace in Racot, Poland

Racot palace is a two-story classicist building on a rectangular plan with a four-pitched roof. Its front portico has four Tuscan columns supporting a pediment with a cartouche of the Prus III and Kierdeja coats of arms and the orders of the White Eagle and Saint Stanislaus. The design is usually attributed to Dominik Merlini, though Jan Chrystian Kamsetzer may have shaped its present form.

The Racot manor belonged to the Bronisz family and was enlarged by Dorota Jabłonowska, but was destroyed during fighting between Russians and Bar Confederates. Her son Antoni Barnaba Jabłonowski rebuilt it as a palace and laid out a 10.95-hectare English park behind it. In 1799 he sold the estate to William of Orange, later King of the Netherlands; in 1902 Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach added the north wing. The Treaty of Versailles transferred it to the Polish state in 1919, and from 1921 it served as a residence for Polish presidents.

Józef Wybicki, who lived in the region, wrote plays for the small theatre at Racot, and the palace hosted guests such as Tadeusz Kościuszko, Prince Józef Poniatowski and Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski, Warsaw's first president. The estate later became a stud farm; in the 1980s, with 700 horses, it was the largest in Europe, breeding Wielkopolska and half-blood horses.

Access to the palace requires advance arrangement since it functions as part of an active state stud farm and is not open for casual drop-in visits. Contact the estate beforehand to schedule a tour and confirm which areas are accessible to visitors at the time of your visit.

The interior design may combine the work of multiple leading architects of the period, possibly including both Dominik Merlini and Jan-Chrystian Kamsetzer, who both served as royal architects. This potential collaboration shows how elite patrons hired the most sought-after designers of their time.