The manor in Goszyce

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Goszyce 80, 32-010 Goszyce Tourist region: Kraków i okolice

It is the country's oldest surviving larch manor house, built in the late 17th century. According to oral tradition, its construction is linked to King John III Sobieski, who is said to have visited the village in 1683 after his victory in Vienna.

An alcove and kitchen were added to the 17th-century manor house in the 18th century. In the 19th century, Jagiellonian University Professor Wojciech Boduszyński bought the estate. In 1830, the Zawisz family took it over, and in 1890, they built a brick manor house designed by Teodor Talowski nearby. The old mansion was retained as an outbuilding with guest rooms. It is a neo-classical, single-storey, square-plan building with a single-storey wing with alcoves on either side of the front façade and a polygonal basement extension with a kitchen. A two-gabled straw roof originally covered it. In the 18th century, a pitched roof was installed to cover the alcoves. According to tradition, the crescents crowning the roof are linked to the court's founder, the knight of King John III Sobieski. The Polish Legions have a history associated with the manor. On the orders of Commander Józef Pilłudski, a sabotage action was to eliminate the Russian conscription point in Jędrzejów. The action was to be carried out just before the legionary troops departed from Oleandrów in Kraków. The patrol unit, consisting of six volunteers, was headed by Władysław Belina-Prażmowski. On Wednesday, 3 August 1914, Belina's unit reached the manor in Goszyce. Here, during a two-hour stop, Belina obtained more information on the location of the Russian border troops and established a further plan of action. On the 10th anniversary of these events, Goszyce hosted Marshal Józef Piłsudski in 1924. During the Second World War, Goszyce was a centre of independence activities. Refugees from destroyed Warsaw, including Czesław Miłosz and his family, took refuge in the manor. It was here that the future Nobel Prize winner did much of his writing; many of his poems were written in Goszyce. The Zawisz family farmed the estate until 1945. Later on, the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków became the occupant of the manor house. In the 1960s, it was occupied by the University of Science and Technology in Kraków. The Skrzeszowice Plant Breeding Station was established in the 1960s. The manor gradually fell into disrepair. It was refurbished between 1979 and 1983. Today, it is privately owned, and its owner is restoring it to its original appearance. The greenery has been tidied in the surrounding area, the old-growth tree has been tended to, and the driveway and the flower bed have been restored.

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