Kmita Castle

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It is the sixteenth-century-old Kmita castle, resembling a medieval fortress on the one hand, and a renaissance residence on the other.
Destroyed many times, but rebuilt by successive owners - the Stadnicki, Ossoliński, Mniszech and Krasicki families. It was not spared by the armies during the Swedish invasion of 1702, the great fire in 1783 and two world wars.
The construction body that we can admire today was designed by Wincenty Pol at the request of Ksawery Krasicki. At that time, the building lost its defensive character by the addition of outbuildings and an orangery in its stead. The rebuilt one-story wings of the castle were given classicist features.
In the second half of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century, the castle was an important centre of social and intellectual life in the region thanks to the Krasicki family.
Restored in the middle of the century, it now serves as a tourist facility.
During the reconstruction of the building, the castle gardens were enlarged and redesigned, giving the complex a landscape character while preserving the remains of a natural oak forest with magnificent oaks, limes and elms.

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