Park im. Tadeusza Kościuszki w Pruszkowie, Urban park in Pruszków, Poland
Park im. Tadeusza Kościuszki w Pruszkowie, also called Park Sokoła, covers 4.26 hectares in central Pruszków. Its layout dates from the second half of the 19th century around a neo-Renaissance palace built in 1876. A 2009–2011 reconstruction added new fencing, rebuilt walking alleys, replaced lighting and small architecture, and created a playground complex and a square with flower beds around the "Mali Muzykanci" fountain.
The park was laid out in the second half of the 19th century around a neo-Renaissance villa built in 1876 for Ignacy Więckowski, owner of a local tile factory. Later owners included Aleksander Stępiński and Count Ksawery Pusłowski, who rented the villa to Dr. Daniel Goldberg's psychiatric clinic. In October 1914 shelling slightly damaged the building; after repairs it housed a home for retired priests, then a cinema, and from the 1920s the Sokół gymnastics society occupied the upper floor, giving the park its nickname.
The park and its 1876 neo-Renaissance palace take the name Sokol from the Pruszków branch of the "Sokół" Gymnastic Society, which occupied the palace's first floor from the 1920s. The fountain "Mali Muzykanci" (Little Musicians) was added near Niepodległości and Chopina streets during the 2009–2011 redevelopment.
You can walk here every day of the year, though the shade and open lawns are most useful in warm months. Strollers and wheelchairs manage the main paths easily, while some side trails are narrower and less even.
The park's popular name, Park Sokoła, comes from the Sokol gymnastics society, which occupied the palace's upper floor from the 1920s even though the building formally belonged to the bishop's curia. The northern part of the park and the palace were entered in the monument register on 4 January 2006 as number A-664.
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