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Cieleśnica Palace ( pl, Cieleśnica-Pałac) is a
palace A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...
in the village of
Cieleśnica Cieleśnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rokitno, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-east of Biała Podlaska and north-e ...
, in Biała County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland near the border with Belarus.


History


Early history

Ownership records show the land on which the palace was eventually constructed were part of an estate owned by the Andruszkiewicz family during the 15th century. In 1526 the estate passed into the hands of the Cieleśnicki family who established a farm at the site and from whose name the present name of the site originates. In 1630 the farm was bought by
Aleksander Ludwik Radziwiłł Prince Aleksander Ludwik Radziwiłł () (4 August 1594 – 30 March 1654) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman. He was the Ordynat of Nieśwież, Stolnik of Lithuania since 1626, Krajczy of Lithuania since 1630, governor of Brześć Litewsk ...
, a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman.


Construction of the palace

In 1810 the farm was sold by the Radziwiłłs to Andrzej Serwiński for 360,000 złoty. Serwiński, had been secretary to Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, the Grand Hetman of Lithuania, and had studied architecture in Italy, had inherited a fortune of 1,500 ducats in Ogiński's will. This, together with profits made from leasing the land of Michał Walicki, an associate from his travels around Europe who had been a functionary of the Polish Kingdom and was known as a researcher and philanthropist, enabled Serwiński to purchase the farm and have a palace constructed there. The palace was constructed in Italian style, and furnished at the time of construction. An orangery and landscape garden were also created for the palace.


Modern history

In the 1880s the palace passed through marriage into the hands of the Rosenwerth-Rużyczka family (also called Różyczka de Rosenwerth) through a marriage of Maria Serwiński to Henryk Rosenwerth-Rużyczka, whose son Stanisław Rosenwerth-Rużyczka went on to own it. The palace was looted during the Second World War, and was nationalised under the communist regime in Poland. Under the communists the palace became "a place for creative work for architects and cultural workers" and also as entertainment facilities for the local state farm. In 2009 the palace was sold by the local authorities to Barbara and Dariusz Chwesiuk, who opened a hotel there in 2013.


References

{{reflist 1835 establishments in Poland Houses completed in 1835