Świdziński Palace

The construction of the palace in Świdno, initiated by the governor of Rawa Stanisław Antoni Świdziński in the second quarter of the 18th century, probably had little effect, since its current form is much closer to the classicist aesthetics of the second half of the century, or even its end, than to the baroque concept of a rural residence. And this is not a surprising observation, since the continuation of construction in the second part of the century is confirmed by information from 1767. It is possible that the residence took on its final form only at the beginning of the 19th century, when, commissioned by the huntsman of Rawa Antoni Świdziński, work was completed on it. It is a single-storey building from the front, with a mezzanine floor, covered with a hipped roof, with a three-sided projection on the axis. On the garden side, due to the difference in height, the palace gains an additional storey of rusticated ground floor, and in front of the bel-étage porte-fenêtres supported by a triple serliana – a terrace.