Gołuchów Castle

Gołuchów Castle
Gołuchów Castle
Location	Gołuchów, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in Poland
Coordinates	51°51′09″N 17°56′00″E
Built	1550-1560
Architectural style(s)	Renaissance
Location of the Gołuchów Castle in Poland Gołuchów Castle (Greater Poland Voivodeship)

Gołuchów Castle (Polish: Zamek w Gołuchowie) is an early Renaissance castle built in 1550-1560 on a square plan and used as a defensive stronghold and residence. The castle is located in Gołuchów, Greater Poland Voivodeship; in Poland.

History

This early-Renaissance castle was raised in between 1550-1560 close by Trzemna, as small river and estuary of the Prosna. The building was built for Voivode of the Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship, Rafał Leszczyński. The castle was predominantly used for defensive purposes with keeps in the corners of the structure. The subsequent owners expanded the residence – making the residence into a magnate Renaissance stronghold.

In 1853, the partially run-down castle was bought by Count Tytus Działyński, for his son Jan Kantega and his wife Princess Izabela Czartoryska. The castle was reconstructed in the nineteenth century, in the style of the French Renaissance. The residence is surrounded by a 158-hecatre Landscape Park, the largest one in Greater Poland Voivodeship, designed by Adam Kubaszewski, which asserted additional Romanesque and English architectural styles upon the castle. After the Second World War the castle housed the Branch of the National Museum in Poznań (Polish: Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu).

In 2016, the castle was bought by the Polish State Treasury from the Princes Czartoryski Foundation for PLN 20 million.

Gallery

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  Gołuchów Castle by Napoleon Orda, 1880
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  French renaissance-style Castle
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  Neo-renaissance decorations of the facade
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  Bedroom with 17th-century Spanish furniture
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  19th cent. coffered ceiling and 18th-century tapestry
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  The Last Supper by Frans Floris, 16th century

See also

• Castles in Poland