Gołuchów Castle - Poland The history of the Goluchow Castle on the Trzemna river dates back to over 400 years ago. Initially it was the seat of the Leszczynski family, whose heyday as an imposing residence of magnates came to an end at the close of the 17th c. In 1853 the Goluchow estate was purchased by Tytus Dzialynski, the owner of the Kórnik estate, for his only son Jan. After the marriage of Jan Dzialynski and Duchess Izabella Czartoryska, daughter of Duke Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Goluchow was to become the residence of the newlyweds. Unfortunately, the property was sequestered in retribution for Jan Dzialynskis participation in the January Uprising. In the early 1870s it became the sole property of Jans wife Izabella. It was thanks to her that the building was restored by architects, sculptors and painters from France, among others by Charles Biberon, Louis Breugnot and a young architect Maurice August Ouradou, Eugene Viollet-le-Ducs son-in-law. While numerous details characteristic of the Polish Renaissance castle were preserved, the entire property was rebuilt in the style of French Renaissance, patterned on the famous Loire valley castles. Most of the sculptures decorating the yard were 16th and 17th-century French and Italian originals purchased by Izabella Dzialynska in antique shops. She intended to make Goluchow not only a residence but also a museum. The castle is picturesquely surrounded by a landscape park, the biggest in Wielkopolska, covering an area of ca.160 hectares, with a collection of a few hundred species of trees and shrubs. In: euromuse.net/en/museums/museum/view-m/zamek-w-goluchowie/
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:24:20 +0000