Żagań Palace of Culture

The palace was built on the site of a Piast castle from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1628, the duchy was bought from Emperor Ferdinand II, Albrecht Wallenstein. He ordered the ruined castle to be demolished and began building a new residence worthy of his power on the same site. It was designed by Vincent Boccaccio. The prince's death interrupted the work. Only his successor, Wenceslas Eusebius Lobkowic, resumed the interrupted construction in 1670, this time to a design by Antoni Porta. His son Ferdinand fully completed the work before 1700. The Duke of Courland, Peter, ruler of Zagan since 1786, made major changes to the palace interiors, leaving the exterior facade unaltered. In 1842, the principality along with the palace passed into the ownership of Duchess Dorothy Talleyrand - Perigord. The Zagan palace and mansion became one of the more famous in Europe. During the years of the duchess's reign, a lot of modernization work was carried out in the palace. The current appearance of the palace was shaped during the Baroque period.

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