Poland
Greater Poland Voivodeship
powiat ostrowski
gmina Ostrów Wielkopolski
Lipski Palace in Lewków
Poland
Greater Poland Voivodeship
powiat ostrowski
gmina Ostrów Wielkopolski
Lipski Palace in Lewków
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Location: gmina Ostrów Wielkopolski, powiat ostrowski, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
The palace in Lewków was built in 1788-1791. The founder of the palace, Wojciech Lipski - a hunter from Kalisz, from 1776 he was adjutant general of King Stanisław August Poniatowski, by whom he was awarded the Order of St. in 1790. Stanisław. This order was established by the king in 1765, as the second Polish order after the Order of the White Eagle.
The palace in Lewków was probably designed in the classicist style by Jan Christian Kamsetzer - the court architect of Stanisław August. It belongs to the first series of classicist residences in Greater Poland and is a faithful copy of the palace in Sierniki near Wągrowiec. The palace is made of brick, two-story, on a rectangular plan with a four-column, deep Ionic portico topped with a triangular tympanum.
The palace houses a museum. It presents, among others: period furniture (including the deposit of the Lipski family from the former palace furnishings), a collection of Sarmatian portraits and memorabilia of former landowners.
November 12, 2023
Renovation works were carried out in 2018–2021, so it is worth seeing the facility in its current form, after revitalization. The museum is open to visitors from October 3, 2022.
April 12, 2024
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