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| Puslowski Palace in Kossovo |
A unique monument of neo-Gothic architecture of the 19th century is located in the Belarusian town of Kossovo.
For its fabulous image and luxury, the palace of the Counts of Puslowski (Kossovsky Castle) was called a "knightly dream."The Puslowski Palace in the 19th century The place of Kossovo (today Ivatsevichi district,
Brest region) has been known since 1494, when the Grand Duke of Lithuania Alexander Yagelonchik presented these lands to Marshal Jan Khreptovich.
For several centuries, the owners of Kossovo were eminent dynasties: Khreptovichi, Sangushki, Flemming, Czartoryski, Sapieha. And in 1821, the estate was bought by Wojciech Puslowski. He founded a carpet factory in Kossovo, built or restored about 60 temples in the vicinity.
The Puslovskys were proud of the proximity of their estate to the estate in the tract Merechevschina, where Tadeusz Kosciuszko was born - the national hero of Poland and the USA, an honorary citizen of France.
Wojciech Puslowski After Wojciech, the estate was inherited by his son Vandalin Puslowski, a major industrialist and art lover. It was he who in 1838 began construction of a magnificent palace in Kossovo.
The author of the project was the outstanding architect Frantisek Jaschold, and in the second half of the XIX century, Vladislav Marconi worked on the reconstruction.
The Kossovsky Palace is unique in its own way. The building consists of a central two-story building and two side wings, and thanks to faceted battlements, it is often called a miniature castle.
Each tower symbolized the month of the year, with the 4 central ones - in honor of the fruitful May, June, July, and August - the highest.
Rooms of the Kossovsky Castle There are more than 100 rooms in the palace, and not a single passage. Thanks to the corridor system and the special arrangement of windows, for two and a half days a year, sunlight completely flooded one of the chambers. At this time, the hosts celebrated Room Day, decorating it in a special way and spending a lot of time there.
The Kossov Palace was famous for its magnificent halls: in Bely, guests danced at noisy balls, in Black, they played cards, and in Pink, they played music.
They say that the State Hall was absolutely amazing for those times, where fish swam right under the glass floor among the algae. Modern restorers have not yet confirmed this fact, but they are sure that there were definitely underfloor heating.
The manor of Tadeusz Kosciuszko The palace was surrounded by a beautiful park where more than 150 species of exotic plants grew, and a greenhouse was arranged for especially rare specimens. The park picturesquely descended into three artificial lakes and the Kosciuszko estate.
After Leonard Puslovsky, who lost the estate on the cards, Kossovo more than once passed to the new owners. During the First World War, the palace was looted, many valuables were exported abroad. Since 1921, the district administration and the school of beekeepers were located here.
The palace suffered the greatest destruction during the Second World War. The many-day fire in 1944 completely destroyed the decoration of the halls, leaving only majestic walls.
The Puslovskys were proud of the proximity of their estate to the estate in the tract Merechevschina, where Tadeusz Kosciuszko was born - the national hero of Poland and the USA, an honorary citizen of France.
Wojciech Puslowski After Wojciech, the estate was inherited by his son Vandalin Puslowski, a major industrialist and art lover. It was he who in 1838 began construction of a magnificent palace in Kossovo.
The author of the project was the outstanding architect Frantisek Jaschold, and in the second half of the XIX century, Vladislav Marconi worked on the reconstruction.
The Kossovsky Palace is unique in its own way. The building consists of a central two-story building and two side wings, and thanks to faceted battlements, it is often called a miniature castle.
Each tower symbolized the month of the year, with the 4 central ones - in honor of the fruitful May, June, July, and August - the highest.
Rooms of the Kossovsky Castle There are more than 100 rooms in the palace, and not a single passage. Thanks to the corridor system and the special arrangement of windows, for two and a half days a year, sunlight completely flooded one of the chambers. At this time, the hosts celebrated Room Day, decorating it in a special way and spending a lot of time there.
The Kossov Palace was famous for its magnificent halls: in Bely, guests danced at noisy balls, in Black, they played cards, and in Pink, they played music.
They say that the State Hall was absolutely amazing for those times, where fish swam right under the glass floor among the algae. Modern restorers have not yet confirmed this fact, but they are sure that there were definitely underfloor heating.
The manor of Tadeusz Kosciuszko The palace was surrounded by a beautiful park where more than 150 species of exotic plants grew, and a greenhouse was arranged for especially rare specimens. The park picturesquely descended into three artificial lakes and the Kosciuszko estate.
After Leonard Puslovsky, who lost the estate on the cards, Kossovo more than once passed to the new owners. During the First World War, the palace was looted, many valuables were exported abroad. Since 1921, the district administration and the school of beekeepers were located here.
The palace suffered the greatest destruction during the Second World War. The many-day fire in 1944 completely destroyed the decoration of the halls, leaving only majestic walls.
Currently, this castle is fully restored and is waiting for its guests.
Truly a unique place, from the height of the castle offers a stunning panoramic view of the surroundings. At the foot of the castle is located, a museum-estate of Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
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