Kurozwęki Palace
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Kurozwęki Palace is a Baroque
and Classicistic residence in Kurozwęki
, Poland
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In the second half of the 14th century in Kurozwęki family of de Kurozwanky erected a castle referred to in a document dating back to 1400 as “castrum Curoswank”. At the turn of next centuries the castle was rebuilt several times and given representative character finally to be converted at the end of the 18th century from an originally dwelling building with a defensive character into a Baroque and Classicistic residence.
The castle edifice located in the complex of park and palace are richly decorated with its five-axle fasade and galleried courtyard
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
and Classicistic residence in Kurozwęki
Kurozweki
Kurozwęki is a village in the district of Gmina Staszów, within Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Staszów and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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In the second half of the 14th century in Kurozwęki family of de Kurozwanky erected a castle referred to in a document dating back to 1400 as “castrum Curoswank”. At the turn of next centuries the castle was rebuilt several times and given representative character finally to be converted at the end of the 18th century from an originally dwelling building with a defensive character into a Baroque and Classicistic residence.
The castle edifice located in the complex of park and palace are richly decorated with its five-axle fasade and galleried courtyard
See also
- List of Baroque residences in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Baroque in PolandBaroque in PolandThe Polish Baroque lasted from the late 16th to the mid-18th century. As with Baroque style elsewhere in Europe, Poland's Baroque emphasized the richness and triumphant power of contemporary art forms. In contrast to the previous, Renaissance style which sought to depict the beauty and harmony of...
- Classical architectureClassical architectureClassical architecture is a mode of architecture employing vocabulary derived in part from the Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, enriched by classicizing architectural practice in Europe since the Renaissance...
- List of classical architecture terms