A virtual guide for visitors to the Palace in Chrzesne. The last heiress Wincentyna Karska plays the role of the guide. She will tell you about the history of the palace and its secrets.

Palace in Chrzęsne

Palace was build in 1635 by Stefan Dobrogost Grzybowski - Member of Parliament, and the governor of Warsaw and Kamieńczyk.

The complex includes a late Renaissance palace, an administrative building (former „czworak” – cottage with four chambers) and reconstructed granary. Once there were also wooden stables and sizeable cellars, and the whole was surrounded by a landscape park.

From its inception until the World War II, Chrzęsne was owned or remained under the care of twelve owners or administrators. Noticeable place among them was taken by Stefan D. Grzybowski, Józef Kossakowski, Andrzej Zamoyski, Mateusz Murawski and the last owners – the Koskowski family.

The palace was frequented by guests: Jan Owidzki, a popular illustrator and painter, Julian Maszyński, book illustrator, the author of several works of painting devoted to the surroundings. Also here, Władysław Podkowiński, a painter, was eager to spend his summer holidays. Just here, in this area, were created in the years 1891 to 1892, such works as, among others: In the garden, In gooseberries, A Morning in Chrzęsne, Portrait of Wincentyna Karska, Lupine in the sun, Mokra Wieś, Bronisia, A Meeting. Associated with Koskowski family was Miłosz Kotarbiński, co-organizer, and later a director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.