Park-palace complex in Młoszowa

The works lasted dozen or so years and were carried out to lend credence to the made up story and chivalric tradition of the Florkiewicz family, which originated from the middle class. In the 1850s, buildings designed at the beginning of the 19th century were added a stylized entrance gateway and a large pond in the front and the entire area together with a park was surrounded with a rough stone wall. The reconstruction of the very manor started in the end of the 1850s. On January 11th, 1862, the “reconstructed” castle was consecrated and made available to visitors. Architecture details, window shape, towers, epitaphs and a stone plaque put up on the northern wall of a loggia ‘commemorating’ the events made up by the owner were supposed to suggest further changes in the form and history of the building.

 

The entire southern part of the castle built by Juliusz Florkiewicz does not exist these days, because after taking over the possessions by the grandson of the Florkiewicz family - Juliusz Potocki – in 1898, the residence was extensively rebuilt taking the then fashionable French design into consideration by an architect from Kraków - Zygmunt Hendel. Also Baszta Kozacka, Rondel Hajduków and other buildings did not survive, pulled down after the World War II.

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Since the end of construction works of Florkiewicz, visitors were invited to the castle. No matter whether they believe in the authenticity of the story presented by the owner or not, they visited the Młoszowa possessions in great numbers to see the “monuments” reserved there. The owner of the manor himself anonymously published in ‘Tygodnik Ilustrowany’ in 1865 a fictitious story of the castle in an attempt at lending credence to its existence and raising the importance of the Młoszowa possessions. People who visited the castle left their entries in a visitor’s book. While reading them, we can conclude that the “ancient” castle in Młoszowa was found unique, even if not because of its slightly suspicious historic value. It was considered a charming and hospitable place that evoked many events from the history of Poland.

Park and palace complex in Młoszowa

Currently, the park-palace complex has a shape of a neo-Gothic object consisting of a manor and an adjacent chapel situated in a 17-hectare park full of old trees, which was established in 1824. The park is surrounded by a wall with a tower and the Belwederski bastion. The park-palace complex in Młoszowa is one of the points of the Renaissance trail in the Lesser Poland. For more information on the project, see here.

 

The Palace and Park Complex in Młoszowa
1 Florkiewicza St., 32-540 Trzebinia
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